Pointing gestures in Old Master paintings "significantly" influence how viewers look at them, suggests a new study. People looking at the works of art are "drawn" to the faces of the pointing ...

Editor’s note: Qiao Fei’er, 18, began taking closeup photos of students’ middle fingers at her high school in Xi’an, the capital of China’s northwestern Shaanxi province. Rather than a statement of ...

In this painting, the figure seated on the right points at the card-player while laughing, a gesture that underscores his mockery of the young man’s naïveté. The more experienced player, together with ...