Search results for "Sacred art" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Boston's "secular spots that are sacred." ... of John Adams. It has special strengths in art and art history (available ...17 KB (2,587 words) - 19:51, 20 November 2023
- This point, known as the Sangam, is a sacred place in Hinduism. According ... called by westerners) is considered to be sacred. It is worshipped by Hindus ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- was Juno. The cow and peacock are sacred to her. Portrayed as majestic ... Corinth, Tiryns, Perachora, and on the sacred island of Delos. Indeed, ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- Committee on Social Thought, which included art critic Harold Rosenberg, novelist ... being the difference between secular and sacred. Every social position has ...16 KB (2,369 words) - 20:08, 3 May 2023
- of marriage, producing famous manuals on the art of lovemaking such as the ... seen by most pagans as something utterly sacred. The physical act of love ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- pioneer in the field of women's education and art. ... capable women chose to enter a convent in sacred service to God. There, women ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 22:37, 12 February 2022
- image was often adopted by emperors as a sacred symbol of power. Thus, the ... 'pig dragon')] National Gallery of Art. The character for "dragon ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- School. While also noted as a composer of sacred music, such as motets, he ... Busnois wrote much sacred and secular music. Of his sacred music, ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- sexuality, fertility, and sometimes even sacred prostitution. It is likely ... subject of classical, medieval and modern art alike. Roman and Hellenistic ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- including the lute, as well as the art of singing, writing poetry ... there are records of his having composed sacred music, none of it has survived ...6 KB (949 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- The ankh appears frequently in Egyptian tomb paintings and other art ... symbolize life and immortality. In Egyptian art, gods were sometimes portrayed ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- dolls. They continue to perform the sacred ceremonies and traditional ... and ceremonial sashes. Their ceramic art has somewhat fallen by the ...33 KB (5,396 words) - 13:43, 2 February 2024
- of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession ... the heart of Vienna, near a major cathedral, art museums, and of course, cafés ...15 KB (2,101 words) - 21:28, 26 July 2023
- centuries. He was an early advocate of "art for art's sake," ... of fate, [while] good is always the product of an art." ...15 KB (2,281 words) - 01:56, 4 December 2023
- of both "Buddhist religious art" [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/242 ... “Ajanta,” Exploring India’s Sacred Art: Selected Writings of Stella ...19 KB (2,978 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- As the first Italian art historian, Vasari initiated the genre of ... as simply, The Vite). As the first Italian art historian, he initiated the ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 12:51, 22 May 2024
- aesthetic component of society, including art, rituals, science, ideologies ... *Harris, Marvin. 1966. The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- fiction. It has inspired numerous works of art, music, and drama. ... by Assyria. Rather than a work of sacred history, however, it is best ...14 KB (2,138 words) - 00:21, 19 November 2023
- alphabet, and at seven took upanayana (the sacred thread) and remained at the ... temple in rubble around it. This old and sacred place is the old Kiskinda ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- considered to be one of the most remarkable art treasures created by Far Eastern ... located, is the eastern mountain of five sacred mountains believed to protect ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
