296 PHYSICAL EXPRESSION. 



It is a posture often represented in drawings 

 and in sculpture. The wrist is slightly flexed or 

 bent, the knuckle-joints are moderately extended 



Fig. 32. Venus de' Medici. 



back beyond the straight line of the metacarpus ; 

 the fingers are slightly flexed ; the thumb is extended 

 backwards, and often slightly separated from the 



