{"id":50,"date":"2019-04-02T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-12-05T17:22:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T01:22:30","slug":"the-complex-meanings-behind-hand-gestures-in-buddhist-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/artsmedialab\/the-complex-meanings-behind-hand-gestures-in-buddhist-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complex Meanings behind Hand Gestures in Buddhist Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post by Kelsey Ables uncovers the meanings behind the variety of hand gestures often found in Asian Art.<br \/>\nAccording to the article &#8220;To understand Buddhist art is to understand a rich language of vibrant colors, intricate jewelry, and symbolic gestures. One facet of its sweeping lexicon, <em>mudras<\/em>, or hand gestures, offer a framework to begin to unpack the nuanced visual culture of one of the world\u2019s most widely practiced religions.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/article\/artsy-editorial-complex-meanings-hand-gestures-buddhist-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artsy.net<\/a> to find out more about common hand gestures and their meaning<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post by Kelsey Ables uncovers the meanings behind the variety of hand gestures often found in Asian Art. According to the article &#8220;To understand Buddhist art is to understand a rich language of vibrant colors, intricate jewelry, and symbolic gestures. One facet of its sweeping lexicon, mudras, or hand gestures, offer a framework&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/artsmedialab\/the-complex-meanings-behind-hand-gestures-in-buddhist-art\/\">\u00a0Continue Reading:<span> The Complex Meanings behind Hand Gestures in Buddhist Art<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2027,2026],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-buddhist","tag-hand-gestures"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2142,"url":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/artsmedialab\/february-is-museum-month-in-san-diego\/","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":0},"title":"February is Museum Month in San Diego!","author":"Mcnamara, Keri","date":"February 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"February is museum month in San Diego! 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