Buddhist lore, represent the purification of the mind by the burning away of all material desires. In some Japanese sculpture, Fudō is flanked by two attendants, Kongara Dōji and Seitaka Dōji. In artwork, Fudō is often accompanied byEight Great Youths. Fudō is also one of the13 Deities...
Located on the outskirts of the ancient city of Amphipolis in central Macedonia, the Kasta Tomb – otherwise known as the Amphipolis Tomb – is the largest and most lavishly decorated funerary monument ever discovered in Greece.Dated to the last quarter of the 4th century BC, scholars associate ...
Founded in 2014, the Morbid Anatomy Museum is a non-profit with a dark dance card of events and lecture series that are often sold out. The idea for this popular space grew out of the Morbid Anatomy Library, a cabinet of curiosities created by Joanna Ebenstein’sblog. Situated near the m...
Local folklore depicted Bulger as a Robin Hood–style social bandit dedicated to protecting the neighborhood and its residents. Bulger allegedly masterminded a protection racket targeting drug kingpins and those running illegal gambling operations. Based grand jury testimony from weeks' former associates,...
The finished clay relief was then affixed to the statue, often using lacquer. For further details on drapery, see the Emon entry below, or visit the Drapery page. Above Photo, Below Photo. The Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 statue at Raikoji (Raikōji) Temple 来迎寺 in Kamakura features a...
But the photographic work emphasizes both the Buddha and the geographic context in which Gade has chosen to situate the sculpture spanning modern Lhasa architecture to the timeless topography of the sacred lake beside Kailash mountain. Gade has created a social reality which is a metamorphosis of ...
A sculpture of Zeus called the "Zeus of Otricoli," which is a Roman copy of the original Greek statue. This one was carved in the 4th Century...so it's still really, really old. Who Is Zeus, and What Is Zeus the God Of?
not only is it an essential feature of their style to make the strongest impression with the fewest strokes and the scantiest means, but there are very many pictures especially connected with a contemplation to impress upon the observer the feeling that the void itself is depicted as a subject...
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