gestural

American  

[jes-cher-uhl] / ˈdʒɛs tʃər əl /

adjective

1. relating to, expressed in, using, or made up of gestures, especially of the hands and arms, head, or upper body.

2. (of an act) merely symbolic or done for effect; being merely a token or formality.

3. Art. relating to a painting style that emphasizes the physical movement of the artist, characterized by sweeping, energetic brush strokes or by smearing, splashing, etc., rather than small, careful strokes.

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Example Sentences

Illustrating these feelings of faith meant giving gestural directions to more than a hundred extras on set in addition to choreographing dozens of actors and dancers.

From Los Angeles Times

A large, gestural 1972 painting attested to a road not taken, while records of his sojourns in Europe and Africa revealed the influence of architecture on abstract structure.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were movement consultants for a few gestural beats in other renditions, but having choreographers from day one of this process has been incredible.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a distillation of the movement and gestural material seen throughout the work, its “vocabulary,” Liska said.

From New York Times

We understood each other perfectly - with a gestural language that obviously predates human speech.”

From BBC