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Islamic art and calligraphy - Intoduction

Posted December 13th, 2012 at 06:43 AM by IndicanaHelvetica

The Islamic law forbids the artist to draw a living being, since it is a function exclusively reserved for God.
This restriction was not observed in some regions, for example, the Mughal Empire. And today it is hardly followed. But back then, when it all started, it was strictly observed and this gave rise to a new style of art in itself. Defined by ribbon-like flowing letters of Arabic, intricate work with stones, natural colours and marbles, the traditional Islamic art beats every cultural...
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Scholar of Emptiness: The Manjusri Mural from Guangsheng Monastery

Posted April 11th, 2012 at 11:04 AM by ghostexorcist
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Scholar of Emptiness: The Manjusri Mural from Guangsheng Monastery

By Jim R. McClanahan

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“Wenshu, Bodhisattva of Wisdom, at a Writing Table” (China, 1354, glue tempera on mud and straw wall, Cincinnati Art Museum) is a large wall mural which depicts the Bodhisattva Manjusri (Ch. Wenshu, 文殊) sitting at a writing table with a calligraphy brush in hand, poised to write...
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Hindu art paper

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Bronze in Motion: The Shiva Nataraja

By Jim R. McClanahan

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The “Shiva Nataraja” statue (South India, 16th-17th c., bronze, 1940.1079) was gifted to the Cincinnati Art Museum in memory of Elsie Homes Warrington by George Warrington. It stands 33 13/16 in. tall, 23 ¼ in. wide and 12 in. deep.[1] The piece features many of the iconographic motifs associated with the god, such as...
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