The concept of yoga is also closely associated with the God Vishnu as in such iconographic forms as Yogavishnu, Yoganarasimha, and Yognarayana. In fact, as early as theMahabharata, in the story of the sojourn and conversation in the Himalayan ashram called Badari between Nara (Man) and Naray...
“The thing about this campaign is that it’s representing a different kind of postpartum experience, and that can only be positive.” Given how narrowly postpartum life is portrayed in the media and advertising, it’s little wonder that many women are unprepared and even shocked ...
That is an auspicious representation of five deities with their respective consorts and mythical vehicles (vāhanas), seated in five niches in a sort of highly decorated arched porch, probably representing a royal palace or a royal hall within a palace. In the middle, we find Śiva with ...
The most enduring instance of the pachyderm’s popularity is the Hindu God Ganesha with an elephant’s head (fig. 8, cat. 104). The son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha is the God of auspicious beginnings and remover of obstacles. Jains venerate him as well, while the Buddhists have a mo...
He comes off as an earnest person who sincerely wants people to understand his view, and understand that it comes from a place of love, specifically from his understanding of God as a necessarily-loving entity. This book is a longform version of his position. It is written in a mostly ...
The lei known the world over, is a symbol of aloha. Great care is taken into the gathering of the materials to make a lei. After the materials are gathered, they are prepared and then fashioned into a lei. As this is done, the mana (or spirit) of the creator of the lei is sewn...
Thanks to the wise use of color and its contrasts, as well as the subtle meanings and allusions, Titian achieves the goal of representing the perfect Renaissance woman who, just like Venus, becomes the symbol of love, beauty and fertility. ...
Using its model creator, you can design 3D model lithophanes in many different ways. Create a shape (or pick from existing ones like spheres, pumpkins, vases, or lamps), add a frame or border, add attributes, and apply filters to give your model a unique look. ...
nothing is not a new concept. “I love the idea of the caveman 50 thousand years ago who took a burnt stick and illustrated his world in charcoal. I have technology at my fingertips that would make me a god in the caveman`s eye, but still use the same medium as he did,” says ...
. Indeed, a possible argument is that subjects visually representing femaleness or femininity is just a by-product of their primary intention: to digitally do ‘being gay’ by assuming stereotypically feminine traits or positionings. As touched upon in Section 2, because a heteropatriarchal society...