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    Pollice verso or verso pollice (Classical Latin: [ˈpɔlʲːɪke ˈu̯ɛrs̠oː]) is a Latin phrase, meaning "with a turned thumb", that is used in the context of...
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    Pollice Verso (from Latin: with a turned thumb) is an 1872 painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, featuring the eponymous Roman gesture directed...
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  • to life. They showed him a copy of Jean-Léon Gérôme's 1872 painting Pollice Verso, which Scott said portrays the Roman Empire "in all its glory and wickedness"...
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    however, that the apes may be simply imitating humans. The Latin phrase pollice verso is used in the context of gladiatorial combat for a hand gesture used...
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    wall with the art critics as the firing squad. In 1872 Gérôme produced Pollice Verso, a painting of bloody gladiators and blood-thirsty Vestal virgins in...
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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    who signalled his choice with a gesture described by Roman sources as pollice verso meaning "with a turned thumb"; a description too imprecise for reconstruction...
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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    Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872...
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    paperback edition of the book included a reproduction of the painting Pollice Verso ["Thumbs Down"] (1872) by Jean-Léon Gérôme, an apparent attempt to capitalize...
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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    A murmillo stands victorious over a retiarius in Pollice Verso, a painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1872)....
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    Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme....
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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    painters of the Vestals in their front-rows seats at the Roman Colosseum: Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down), 1874, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (detail; Phoenix Art Museum)...
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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  • Pollice Verso (1872), which popularized the "thumbs down" gesture. Oil on canvas, Phoenix Art Museum...
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    other films. The Canadian death metal band Ex Deo has a song titled "Pollice Verso (Damnatio ad Bestia)" on the album Caligvla. The British Black Metal...
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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  • the Gates of Alesia Caligvla: Once Were Romans, Per Oculos Aquila, Pollice Verso Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Nazgûl (Italian 'Symphonic' Black...
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    Maria Obregon, 1869, oil on canvas, Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down), by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872, oil on canvas, Phoenix Art...
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    Clark assembled a collection of French academic paintings. He purchased Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) (1872) by Jean-Léon Gérôme from the estate of Alexander...
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    atop and wrapped around. The pollices premere was contrasted with the pollice verso, a thumbs up signal that indicated that a fighter was to be killed....
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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    Hand-in-waistcoat Hand rubbing Jazz hands Laban sign Merkel-Raute Pointing Pollice verso Shrug Sign of the cross Related List of gestures Articulatory gestures...
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    style studied. Palais Garnier (Paris), 1860–1875, by Charles Garnier Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down); by Jean-Léon Gérôme; 1872; oil on canvas; height: 96...
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  • Jean-Léon Gérôme. Pollice Verso (1872). Classical Realism traces its lineage from Gérôme....
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    sheathed weapon. Conversely, a thumb up meant to unsheath your sword. pollice verso with a turned thumb Used by Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated...
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