A descriptive cross-hatching technique creates tone and shape in Albrecht Durer’s illustration ‘Praying Hands’. White lines are used to create highlights and black lines to create shadow.

The Kupferstichkabinett at Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie invites visitors to explore the intriguing world of sleep and dreams in art with the exhibition "Are You Dreaming? Closed Eyes in Art," open until ...

This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The hand is where the mind meets the world. We humans use our hands to build fires and sew quilts, to steer airplanes, to ...

The method enables precise control of prosthetic hands using signals from the brain alone. Researchers were able to show that the neural signals that control the different hand postures in the ...

Give yourself to Jesus through the Hands of Mary. Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to pray and to help you hear him; to understand what he is asking of you; and for the grace to then do what he is ...

We may dedicate untold spools of time and money on skincare for our faces, but when it comes to our extremities, most of us are caught red-handed of overlooking our hands – yet they need just as ...

A physiotherapist who prayed outside an abortion centre has been convicted of breaching a safe zone after refusing requests to move on. Adam Smith-Connor was outside the clinic in Bournemouth in ...

A British army veteran has now been convicted for silently praying outside an abortion clinic ... that despite his silent prayer, his clasped hands and bowed head were enough to show “disapprova ...

Their right arms are raised, reminiscent of the Nazi salute. Heads bowed, eyes closed, they are praying for a convicted felon, an adjudicated sexual abuser, a man who incited an insurrection to ...