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Can someone tell me what this hand signal means? Its found in many famous paintings and statues.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 57427205:MV8yNjM0NjI3XzQ2MTc2MDM4XzY4MkMzNTQw] i took like 30 pictures with the same hand signal in many different potraits. Not trolling. My theory is that only people who were elite were able to become painters and they were probably initiates in the occult and secret societies, and this is there way of communicating that.. I cannot find anything on that specific hand gesture though. It was in renaissance art, american art and even older than that. Its subtle in some of them but very noticeable like the one i linked to in others. To many for it not to be a pattern. Just wanted to know if anyone knew more. [/quote]
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So, I went to the metropolitan museum of art today. It was pretty fantastic, but i noticed a lot of masonic imagery (obviously--Rockefellers had a ton of things there). I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about a specific hand signal that I saw in a lot of the paintings and statues.
It looks like the middle and ring finger are touching with spaces between the index and the pinky. Often the pinky and the index are in front of the middle too.
An example here. Her left hand.
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There are too many of them to be a coincidence, and with paintings, a lot of thought goes into every detail. Perhaps its an inside signal that initiates put into their work to let people in the know "know". I'd love to hear the knowledge you guys have! thanks!
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