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Time for round two! You lucky kids.
So the last blog post had the body split up the Delsarte way. Head, heart, & body (or, as a commenter before had mentioned, mental, moral, & vital.) Head, torso, limbs--each with three more splits of the same. And, in those sections, there are even more divisions!
The eyes, for example, are split: head in pupil, iris is heart, and white is body.
Hands (the head part of the body section) also have three parts: palm = body, back = heart, side = head.
So, it makes sense why holding the back of your hand to your forehead = romantic faint (heart to head) vs. palm of hand to head (more logical--do you have a fever?)
The power & movement behind the head/heart/body divisions also had those three parts. The more powerful and convex is body, the least powerful, more head = concave, and the happy middle is the heart.
Here's a (rough) Delsarte gesture lineup:
4 Comments on More gesture funs (Delsarte prt 2), last added: 9/21/2011
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I took 4 semesters of American Sign Language in college, and it would be really interesting to look and see how signs correlate to this as well. Naturally not all will, but in sign language where you hold a sign on your body (like at your heart or head) changes the meaning. Cool stuff!
I'm learning! This is pretty cool stuff. I like your examples. But it wouldn't be complete without:
4) GOLLUM
Love your blog!
Wow Heather these are so GREAT! Thanks a million for sharing this info - as an animator this stuff is gold.
And you are so brilliantly funny to read. : ) I can't wait for the color one I am that much of a nerd!
One COULD always read Delsarte's work (and i intend to someday) but in the mean time, this is wonderful! Thank you! Very precise and easy to understand- and I am learning! :)