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- of the divine, and are thus revered forms of sacred art. ... Thangka are a revered form of sacred art in Tibetan Buddhism overflowing ...6 KB (950 words) - 15:07, 30 April 2023
- Rangoli, Kolam, Rangavalli and other sacred geometrical traditions, are ... tantric symbols of cosmic unity, sacred geometric diagrams representing ...9 KB (1,275 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- who excelled in the categories of both sacred and secular music. Even though ... Hassler's sacred music is both for the Roman Catholic church ...4 KB (660 words) - 01:17, 19 January 2024
- beneath secular tunes, obscuring the sacred texts as composers continued ... This sparked a number of innovations in medicine, science, art, and music. ...7 KB (1,087 words) - 08:47, 24 November 2022
- The Sacred Heart is a devotional representation of Jesus' physical ... Predecessors to the modern devotion to the Sacred Heart existed to ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 18:34, 22 December 2022
- Senfl was an eclectic composer, at home both in the worlds of sacred ... His sacred music includes masses, motets, vespers settings, and a ...6 KB (899 words) - 02:39, 5 November 2022
- Often viewed as the sacred union of male and female, Feng being male ... This sacred creature never kills. It eats only plants, never even ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- in the early eighteenth century. His sacred music, chamber compositions ... and theoretical work, expressed in his The Art of Harpsichord Playing. Composers ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- When performing a chant, the singer usually uses music and sacred ... Chants were derived to enhance the parts in sacred ceremonies and ...5 KB (821 words) - 01:44, 4 December 2023
- This practice is ancient, and held as sacred by many cultures, including ... take place. Sage is also used in keeping sacred objects like pipes or Peyote ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- sites and buildings, including the sacred pagodas that hold the ashes ... *Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, and Howard C. Cutler. 1998. The art of happiness: ...8 KB (1,141 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- and elegance that are proficient in the art of dancing. They are the wives ... ===Apsaras in the art of ancient Java and Bali, Indonesia=== ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- monogram and is still used in Christian art, often in combination with ... Him, since He is eternal. Thus Emet is a sacred word expressing that in God ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- :Thou art the eldest son of Shu, his primogeniture. :O Geb, Osiris ... :thou art the Great God, the only one. :Atum has given thee his heritage; ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- stupa, a tomb-like structure in which sacred relics could be kept safe ... as an appropriate structure for enshrining sacred relics and became known to ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- periods. As a renowned creator of sacred music, Michael Haydn concentrated ... undertook a similar work regarding the sacred vocal music. ...7 KB (1,073 words) - 17:05, 9 November 2022
- ) is a form of sacred theater traditionally performed in Hindu temples ... women of the Ambalavasi Nambiar caste in sacred theaters, called Koothambalam ...19 KB (2,773 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- Mt. Emei is one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. The ... * Buddhist art * Chinese Buddhism * Tang Dynasty * Sacred Mountains of China ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 17:05, 10 November 2022
- seem unusual that a composer would build a sacred composition upon fragments ... like his father, and in so doing learned the art of counterpoint and improvisation ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 08:04, 18 March 2024
- Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, "sacred wedding" ... *The union of a god and goddess as expressed in various art forms ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- was principally a goddess of fertility and sacred mountains. Temple hymn sources ... Nin ("lady") and Ḫursag ("sacred mountain"). She had ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
- or representation of an object, deity or sacred figure or event. Originally ... traditions of Western European religious art are largely lacking in Russia ...14 KB (2,018 words) - 20:09, 26 July 2023
- of figs include the banyans and the sacred fig (Peepul or Bo) tree. areas with fig leaves after the Fall. The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa, is ...16 KB (2,692 words) - 19:39, 26 March 2024
- which encouraged the examination of sacred texts and religious experiences ... of religion." Religious experience, sacred texts, and religious practice ...16 KB (2,361 words) - 11:19, 28 September 2023
- years when images of Mary were central to Western art. Madonna, if ... be used exclusively for Italian works of sacred art, but this is often not ...21 KB (3,389 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- Included among those fascinated by the art of "primitive" human ... 1,200 tourists per day who came to see the art of Paleolithic man. By 1955 ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 17:47, 25 October 2022
- The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects, that the Ichthys ... *Ferguson, George. Signs and Symbols in Christian Art: With Illustrations ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- Sacred singing in Hebrew tradition dates back to songs of Miriam and ... factions within Church hierarchy that felt art in general, and music in particular ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- " "completion") refers to a sacred geometric device commonly ... In Islam, sacred art is dominated by geometric shapes in which a segment ...23 KB (3,394 words) - 16:47, 24 October 2023
- as well as often being depicted in western art. depictions of cherubim in western art. As most English speakers ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 18:30, 8 December 2023
- methodology of iconography, principally in art history; for other uses of ... Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification ...18 KB (2,613 words) - 15:30, 12 February 2024
- codes. Religious belief, reflected in cave art, also became more sophisticated ... Prehistoric art can only be traced from surviving artifacts. Prehistoric ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 06:20, 18 November 2022
- later returning to her position at Ur sacred temple. Her writings were ... was also the son of a priestess, perhaps a sacred harlot, since he admits not ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- only initiates knew what the kiste, a sacred chest, and the kalathos, ... Greater Mysteries was the bringing of the sacred objects from Eleusis to the ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- megalithic cemeteries, temples, and rock art. Those findings show that ... the capital area into many zones. The Sacred Center and the Royal Center ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 19:11, 26 July 2023
- s/mi_m1216/is_4_206/ai_72704345 The Art of the Hula.] Retrieved August ... evidence remains of the genesis of the art form. There is no record of ...19 KB (3,030 words) - 16:15, 9 February 2024
- an ancient temple and cemetery of the sacred Apis bulls. Although originally ... of the Serapeum—the cemetery of the sacred Apis bulls. ...11 KB (1,685 words) - 19:00, 21 August 2023
- be Bach's personal credo with regard to his art. == History == ... in the genre of monody, just as in sacred vocal music it resulted in ...16 KB (2,493 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2024
- in Shiva temples, an image of the sacred bull Nandi fronts the central ... Shiva, with his full might is a landmark in Indian art. ...8 KB (1,190 words) - 17:15, 13 February 2024
- Kendo (剣道 Kendō) is the martial art of Japanese fencing, developed ... taught through the practice of this martial art. Practice always begins and ...17 KB (2,670 words) - 22:07, 3 March 2023
- of Life was depicted in various works of art and literature. It was sometimes ... Good and Evil, often symbolized in European art and literature as an apple tree. ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- the aesthetics of antique Roman and Greek art, contributed to an accelerated ... features of early Renaissance European art music (in the Middle Ages ...15 KB (2,190 words) - 04:00, 8 December 2022
- for vocal production and created a novel art which culminated in the bel ... direction. He was also required to compose sacred works and small instrumental ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- to a shrine where a linga was bathed in sacred water from a mountain spring ... The temples, also dedicated to Shiva, boast sacred springs near by. ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- of Ramesses and Nefertari with the sacred boats of Amun and Ra-Harakhti ... What is truly surprising is that for the only time in Egyptian art ...14 KB (2,343 words) - 06:55, 14 June 2023
- G. Schiller, Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. II (London: Lund Humphries ... of all Christian relics. According to Art Curator Neil Macgregor, “From ...20 KB (3,228 words) - 14:45, 3 May 2023
- of real living existence, but exists only in art and literature, representing ... Found throughout history, in tales and in art, the sphinx always possesses ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- including their origin myth. The first sacred buffalo had been created ... and her brother first created the sacred buffalo and then the first ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- in Carroll's imaginative works. His art thus contributed to the entertainment ... London and educated himself for a career in art, although he became a probationer ...9 KB (1,251 words) - 07:57, 3 August 2022
- of mugwort, ordering them to eat only this sacred food and remain out of the ... Taekwondo, a form of the Korean martial art presents Dangun as the ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- of Athens. The site of the academy was sacred to Athena and other immortals ... Life of Cimon xiii:7), it contained a sacred grove of olive trees, watered ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- after which they are buried in certain sacred repositories." ... Book of the Dead. Accessed at [http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/index ...21 KB (3,284 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- Popular Bases of Early Buddhist Patronage: Sacred Monuments, 100 B.C.E. – ... * Dehejia, Vidya. 1997. Indian Art. Phaidon: London. ISBN 0-7148-3496-3 ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- they are often funny even when performing sacred tasks. The Native American ... as essential to any contact with the sacred. People could not pray until ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- organization symbols, and the eagle is a sacred bird in some cultures, with ... The eagle is a sacred bird in some cultures and the feathers of the ...15 KB (1,992 words) - 01:24, 16 January 2023
- the Sarasvati River, which were held to be sacred. Because of her association ... 039;s connection with science, learning, and art, the products of the human ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 03:27, 23 December 2022
- A dreamcatcher is a sacred Native American object that consists of ... of the Native American Dreamcatcher,] Art History, Bella Online: The ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- (1857-1935) and the Treasure of the Sacred Well,] Yucatan Adventure ... and the legends concerning the sacred well at Chichen-Itza. Then ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- Sacred Indian dance drama, such as Krishnattom and Ramanattom, emerged ... a great admirer and promoter of traditional art forms, invited the Zamorin ...22 KB (3,220 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- function remains unknown, possibly a sacred park or priests' boarding ... * Bernet Kempers, August Johan. 1959. Ancient Indonesian Art. Amsterdam: ...15 KB (2,259 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- grand temples, altars, inscriptions, and art objects devoted to her. ... As the goddess of love and fertility, Ishtar was the guardian of sacred ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- tours of their reservation showing rock art and performing traditional dances. ... protection. These bags were used to hold sacred religious totems, pipes, ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 13:48, 3 May 2023
- some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 ... began in 366 C.E., as places to store scriptures and art. ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- impacted the culture, philosophy, music, and art of Karnataka and the rest ... century and sixteenth century, the sacred center of Vijayanagara, the ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
- mark on the international music scene. Most art music in Spain was "imported ... At a time when there was very little serious art music being produced ...10 KB (1,487 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- may vanquish fate, and practices his healing art in vain. And when he finds ... Chiron taught Asclepius the art of surgery, honing his protegé's ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 03:52, 18 August 2023
- tenth Guru in Sikh tradition, affirmed the sacred text Adi Granth as his successor ... system, Gurmukhi, for writing their sacred literature. Although the ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 06:37, 10 January 2024
- style of late medieval Central European art into the sixteenth century. ... html Biography] World Gallery of Art.hu. Retrieved January 20, 2009. ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 16:57, 7 November 2022
- Potala, which is considered to be the sacred abode of the Buddhist deity ... the southern tip of India—a rocky point sacred to the God of Mercy, whom ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- works on the subject of Indology. The Sacred Books of the East was a massive ... religious traditions over Christianity. The Art Nouveau and Symbolist designer ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- was also a society that revered the 'sacred female,' a concept that ... a striking resemblance to early Egyptian art in many of its features, has ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- a Zahiri grammar for use in interpreting sacred texts, which specifically ... as well as the The Ring of the Dove, on the art of love. ...15 KB (2,253 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- Ages, had a decisive influence on European art and literature for centuries ... poems, Medicammina facei (“The Art of Beauty”), Ars amatoria ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 06:01, 18 November 2022
- :33. "Tricked by another, | prince, thou art, :And the price of ... 151-173. Accessed online at [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe00.htm ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- or Kasi), considered one of the seven sacred cities within Hindu belief ... and artistic expression. Most notably, the art of the city represents the ...18 KB (2,802 words) - 14:36, 3 May 2023
- informs us that king Vikramaditya had unburdened the sacred earth ... *Boardman, John (1994). The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- of both marital fertility and the sacred law. She is invoked as the ... 30 stades from Phigaleia, and has a cave sacred to Demeter Melaine ["Black ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- traditional Chinese medicine, music, art, military strategy, and martial ... Five Government Ministers, Five Sacred Mountains of Taoism, Five ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- the ruins of ancient monasteries, a sacred Bodhi tree, an ancient bathing ... Image:LumbiniFlags.JPG | Flags near the Sacred Pool (Puskarni) ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- Osiris, god of the dead, passing on his sacred powers to his son, the new ... of both nature and fertility. The sacred cobras depicted on his crown ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- Brigid also founded a school of art, including metal work and illumination ... in their names the presence of a sacred well ("Tobar" in ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- Enlil and the grain goddess Ninlil. His sacred city was Ur, and temples ... of sun and morning star (Venus). In art, his symbols are the crescent ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- immortal stallions (Iliad v.352). His sacred birds were the barn owl, ... In later Renaissance and Neoclassical works of art, Ares' symbols ...9 KB (1,454 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- one of the first major training grounds for art dance in the U.S. ... Denishawn aimed to demonstrate that dance could be a serious art while ...12 KB (1,963 words) - 23:52, 21 August 2022
- Basilica di San Francesco, which contains sacred relics of Francis and beautiful ... have made it a fundamental reference for art history in Europe and in the ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 05:01, 18 August 2023
- her formal education at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis, where ... entered the St. Louis Catholic Academy of the Sacred Heart. ...17 KB (2,711 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- Lord Elgin was legally entitled to these art pieces as he obtained them ... and majesty of these wonderful works of art has been under-appreciated ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 16:10, 13 February 2024
- himself the authority usually reserved to sacred kingship. The poet declares ... * [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hesiod/index.htm Sacred Texts: ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- 18th Dynasty. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.jpg| ... restin in this place, great of fame, sacred of respect, the shade of ...7 KB (1,124 words) - 02:51, 4 November 2022
- Art historian F.S. Tern divided the remains at Champa into seven phases ... * Olsen, Brad. 2004. Sacred Places Around the World: 108 Destinations ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- Nepal, and Sikkim). Tibetan art is primarily sacred art, drawing elements from the religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon, and various tribal groups ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- greatest masterpieces of classical Greek art—the Parthenon, the Propylaea ... A sizable temple, sacred to "Athena Polias" (Protectress ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets ... * [http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/index.htm "The Book of ...29 KB (4,679 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- "Initiation recapitulates the sacred history of the world. And ... of which adolescents gain access to the sacred, to knowledge, and to sexuality ...23 KB (3,352 words) - 20:51, 17 June 2022
- Cleary, Transmission of Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master ... as unlikely and improbable.Dumoulin, 97.Sacred Texts, [http://www.sacred ...18 KB (2,660 words) - 12:22, 1 August 2022
- Ujjain numbers among the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, with the ... one of the twelve Jyotirlingams, the sacred abodes of Shiva. A three ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- d. 829), the defender of the veneration of sacred images; his works include ... Among the monasteries which excelled in the art of copying were the Studium ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 03:26, 1 January 2022
- Category:Art [[Image:Newspaper rock.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Petroglyphs ... the three different techniques used in Rock art, the prehistoric precursors ...25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- The most celebrated work of art in the cathedral is the Shrine of ... The interior of the Cathedral is a gallery of ancient art that includes ...24 KB (3,597 words) - 22:36, 7 January 2024
- retain some features salient to Chalukyan art but have additional inventive ... Hinduism combines secular and sacred beliefs, rituals, daily practices ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 17:15, 18 March 2023
- of calligraphic practice would be: "the art of giving form to signs in ... inscriptions and hand lettering to fine art pieces where the artistic ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- In addition to military prowess, Chandragupta II elevated culture ... (Chandragupta II) had "unburdened the sacred earth of the Barbarians like ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- he continued with the repetition of that sacred name incessantly, without ... and almost all the holy places, composing sacred poems and singing devotional ...18 KB (3,150 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- and employed other women whom she trained in the art. They had nine ... a suggestion of her sister Marie of the Sacred Heart, and upon the orders ...22 KB (3,790 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- The legends of Krishna are of utmost importance to the religion, art ... Divine Lover: Myth and Legend Through Indian Art. Serindia Publications, 1982 ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 23:27, 12 June 2023
- countryside became a common theme in Chinese art and a model for later Chinese ... in the countryside became a common theme for art and a model for later Chinese ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- htm] Metropolitan Museum of Art 2000: Timeline of Art and ... mugwort, instructing them to eat only this sacred food and remain out of the ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- speed and using different words) and sacred madrigals—the major genre ... reworked the original version into a sacred text. Vespro della Beata ...19 KB (2,913 words) - 10:59, 19 December 2023
- of entertainment and thus created works of art which were significant contributions ... that characterized the motets and other sacred choral pieces of high Renaissance ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 10:49, 20 September 2023
- the Moon and both deer and cypress are sacred to her. She was seen to be ... or by slaying an animal from a sacred grove. Sophocles, Electra, 566-572. ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- In that case, Alp Ilitver demolished sacred trees, destroyed kurgan statuary ... with the upper world by means of a sacred World Tree. There are no ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, the porches ... museum and cultural center devoted to stained glass art ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 00:43, 5 December 2023
- of design images and pictographic rock art images and their interpretation ... and grind corn all day long. Corn is a sacred food and a staple in the ...22 KB (3,332 words) - 06:15, 13 June 2023
- :17. "Be silent, Ithun! | thou art, I say, :Of women most lustful ... chosen as subject matter for a variety of Western art. Image:Idunn ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- from earth, water, and fire. This pottery was a sacred substance, formed in significant shapes and used to represent important themes. Squash are ...13 KB (1,929 words) - 18:11, 14 October 2022
- "to comprehend one thing and another about his art." ... ** Sacred Cantatas (BuxWV 47, 94, 56, 73, 174, 12, 48, 38, 60), Emma ...18 KB (2,695 words) - 21:17, 15 July 2020
- is located on the Temple Mount, a spot is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims ... Moriah which has always been regarded as sacred. In an ancient Semitic tradition ...22 KB (3,569 words) - 16:41, 29 January 2024
- ritual in Africa, such as Silene capensis sacred to the Xhosa, are yet to ... Philologist John Marco Allegro has argued in his book The Sacred Mushroom ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- hours and are frequently performed during sacred temple ceremonies, at private ... and are frequently are performed during sacred temple ceremonies, at private ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- instrument. Archaeological studies of rock art in northern Australia suggests ... the transportation system) helped spread the art of making and playing the ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- Chavín culture is known for its beautiful art and design, but the ... While the designs in Chavín art appear to be abstract patterns, there ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 00:46, 5 December 2023
- Themis and Phoebe, and that the site was sacred first to Gaia. Subsequently ... event, on the seventh day of the month, sacred to Apollo. Washing in the ...24 KB (3,809 words) - 21:08, 14 April 2023
- object selected for special recognition as art. Every culture since the beginning ... used to create sculpture are unparalleled in the art world. ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- with either the University of New Haven or Sacred Heart University.Associated ... private, nonprofit Goodwin University and Sacred Heart University, and for ...30 KB (4,093 words) - 17:06, 15 September 2023
- descended from David, represent the true sacred kingship is thus challenged ... However, after the split between Judah and Israel the sacred nature ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- :Thou art the Mistress of Jubilation, the Queen of the Dance, the ... of the Dead. 1895. Accessed at [http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/index ...27 KB (4,192 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- The cave monastery has been a sacred pilgrimage site since its founding ... many epochs of Sinhala sculpture and Sinhala art. The Buddha statues vary in ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
- are often very funny even when considered sacred or performing important cultural ... Makes The World: Mischief, Myth, and Art by Lewis Hyde. ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- In contrast to this, the members of the College focused on "Sacred ... *Volume 9: Lascaux, ou La naissance de l’art - Manet - La littérature ...19 KB (2,778 words) - 02:07, 25 November 2022
- of Japan and is frequently depicted in art and photographs. It was added ... Fuji has been a frequent subject of Japanese art. The most renowned work is ...18 KB (2,819 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- Traditional Bushmen practice shamanism, conjuring animals with sacred ... in the rock, in the shelters, the story of sacred animals and our journeys ...19 KB (2,855 words) - 18:49, 22 November 2023
- is irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Many cultures ... use of any words which describe the sacred attributes of God, such as ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- . Both rock outcroppings are considered sacred sites and thus important ... ancient carvings and paintings and are sacred to the Aboriginal peoples ...28 KB (4,287 words) - 01:31, 3 May 2023
- of learning and for its large library of sacred texts. Established in 427 ... * Chauley, G. C. "Art and Architecture of Nalanda" Sandeep ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- types of snake, which gods held them sacred, and how to treat reptile ... in India. Hinduism has long held serpents sacred; the Nagas relate to the ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 21:41, 30 January 2023
- true sexuality: As a divine process, a sacred art form, and a religious act ... Enthusiasts often point to the sacred Indian tradition of Tantra and ...30 KB (4,376 words) - 05:39, 30 November 2022
- In art, Set was mostly depicted as a mysterious and unknown creature ... *Bickel, Susanne. 2004. "Myths and Sacred Narratives: Egypt. ...29 KB (4,585 words) - 10:05, 26 January 2023
- in her an appreciation of literature and art. Leigh particularly loved ... Leigh was sent to the "Convent of the Sacred Heart" in Roehampton ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 17:29, 16 August 2023
- (ἁγνή) meaning "chaste, pure, sacred." The cult of Saint ... in Kyoto, Japan. She is often depicted in art with a lamb, probably due ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- where his taste in literature, music, and art was developed. ... *Goodrich, Charles A. 2005. Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- Okakura's dating, many historians of art and architecture prefer Sekino ... was headed by a patriarch who performed sacred rites for the clan's ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- 3. Azazel: Taught the art of cosmetics. 4. Barqel: Taught astrology. ... *Penemue in I Enoch 69.8 "taught mankind the art of writing with ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 2023
- most prevalent forms of the Divine in Indian art ever since. ... Gupta period onward (320-600 C.E.), the sacred thread worn by twice-born ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- and contributed significantly to the art and literature of the time ... to Japan in 806 with many texts and art works. In time, he developed ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- ranging from astronomical calendar, sacred paths, to UFO markings made ... agriculture and fertility. Much of Nasca art depicts powerful nature gods ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:59, 11 November 2022
- Cambridge under the title "The Sacred Character and Magical Functions ... of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom. Gordon Press ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 21:27, 29 May 2023
- the caves show an early ability to create art while Stonehenge demonstrates ... gathering, planting, cooking, and even art and cultural artifacts had ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- of Mayan Civilization in terms of art, architecture, mathematics ... cenotes, the "Cenote Sagrado" or Sacred Cenote, is the more famous ...32 KB (4,966 words) - 20:59, 9 December 2023
- of shelter for Mongolian tribes. They are sacred places, expressing the world ... The door opens to the south; the sacred space is opposite the door ...18 KB (2,825 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint ... Mormon is esteemed as part of the canon of sacred scripture by The Church of ...29 KB (4,400 words) - 00:27, 19 November 2023
- characteristics, commonly portrayed in Vedic art as a bull or bird, and sometimes ... is said to have invested him with the sacred girdle, and in Yasna 10.89 ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- known internationally, especially for his sacred music. These sacred works ... As with many composers of his era, Josquin's sacred music was ...26 KB (3,990 words) - 01:31, 8 September 2022
- cultural and historical structures, art treasures and artifacts. In ... considered to be a time capsule of Buddhist art from the sixth and seventh ...23 KB (3,463 words) - 00:01, 25 August 2023
- Anthropomorphism is frequently used as a device in art, literature ... required sacrifices of food, beverage, and sacred objects to be made by human ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- forms of Manueline, Mannerist and Baroque art in all the countries of Asia ... 20ptgs%20index.htm Bom Jesus Basilica Art Gallery], containing the works ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- Buddhist art refers to the rich and diverse representations of religious ... Early Buddhist art emerged in India and Sri Lanka following the death ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- official name of the monastery is, The Sacred and Imperial Monastery of ... The complex houses irreplaceable works of art: mosaics, the best collection ...14 KB (2,007 words) - 19:14, 22 December 2022
- of alcohol, which he called "my sacred herb" or, when referring ... L'Ymagier, a luxuriously produced "art" magazine devoted to ...14 KB (2,108 words) - 08:15, 20 July 2023
- gold and silver decoration and the finest art and statuary of the age. It ... that the site itself must have had sacred meaning, since it would have ...16 KB (2,567 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- to have learned with him "the art of escaping any anguish or ... Jommelli wrote cantatas, oratorios, and other sacred works, but by ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- to those who believe. It is a fusion of art and faith, and has been a ... sculpture, metalwork, and other material art forms. It is often the principal ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. ... " It can be described as the particular art of voice production where ...21 KB (3,251 words) - 13:21, 15 December 2022
- layers are evident in the extensive Etruscan art motifs. One appears to be ... taken from Homer also appear extensively in art motifs. ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- "To him medicine owes the art of clinical inspection and observation ... Places; Instruments of Reduction; On The Sacred Disease; etc. ...33 KB (4,488 words) - 14:32, 13 July 2023
- As with all other national museums and art galleries in Britain, the ... of holding in trust "a collection of art and antiquities from ancient ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- worship of Aphrodite diminished for "sacred prostitution" was no ... over love, sexuality, fertility, and sacred prostitution. Herodotus recorded ...23 KB (3,678 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- (west) building of the National Gallery of Art. The memorial's structure ... mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. ...9 KB (1,344 words) - 04:39, 31 July 2022
- leaves a most powerful mark on the history of our art." ... In his late years, Verdi also composed several sacred works, known ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- the major bridges were over the Tiber, the sacred river (and a deity): only ... of ancient Rome. The foundation of this sacred college is attributed to ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- with which he had pagan temples, altars, sacred trees, and sculptures destroyed. ... as is the custom among most monks. No art was practiced there, except ...18 KB (2,840 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- It was during his period that the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism were ... The Book of Iran: The History of Iranian Art. Tehran, IR: Center for International ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- in Japanese) and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming ... with Korea and China, and many imported art forms evolved into a uniquely ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 01:00, 21 April 2023
- they reach the Jordan River carrying the sacred Ark of the Covenant, the ... which were meant to be devoted to the sacred Tabernacle. The sinner is ...26 KB (4,240 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- and Abba Liqanos and the Lioness of Gobedra rock art. Local legend ... *Heldman, Marilyn. African Zion, the Sacred Art of Ethiopia. New Haven: ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- the most impressive examples of Buddhist sacred architecture in the world ... as Kedu Plain constitutes a Javanese 'sacred' place and has been ...30 KB (4,409 words) - 19:44, 20 November 2023
- as the Church of San Marcello al Corso. In art, he is pictured with symbols ... apostasy or turning over the church's sacred books to the state were intolerable ...10 KB (1,623 words) - 04:04, 26 November 2022
- Some secular music, as well as sacred music, was also preserved ... In this era, music was both sacred and secular, although almost no ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- to a stele currently in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore--is identified ... Imams, respectively. It also contains the sacred shrine of Muhammad al-Mahdi ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- the so-called nomina sacra (meaning "sacred names"), which were ... *Sill, Gertrude Grace. A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art. Touchstone ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- :Sinless thou art not thyself; :Of the gods and elves | who are gathered ... first taught the Asaland people the magic art, as it was in use and fashion ...27 KB (4,334 words) - 12:25, 13 October 2022
- Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) is art, both ancient ... Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) has taken various ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- lifestyle both in terms of agriculture and art. The famous Navajo pottery ... the Navajo to return to their four sacred mountains and to steadily ...48 KB (7,395 words) - 15:33, 11 November 2022
- epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, and the sacred text Puranas all mention ... Buddhists. Jains, as well, hold the region sacred. To Jains, Magadha was the ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- generous. The tongue of the buffalo was sacred to the Sun as was the suffering ... resulting in an increase in books, music, art, and poetry about the ancient ...26 KB (3,951 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- In art, originally Isis was pictured as a woman wearing a long sheath ... seen with Hathor's attributes, the sacred sistrum rattle and the fertility ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- pieces to more classical orchestral and sacred music, always interweaving ... hesitant to release. Featuring the album art of S. Neil Fujita, the album ...37 KB (5,167 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- , he was originally ignorant of "the art of song"; but, according ... time for a poem based on “a passage of sacred history or doctrine,” by ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- of that period called classics or "sacred books" have been endlessly ... When someone reaches the top of his art in working he does things ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- life allowed humans to devote time for art, craft, and even more sophisticated ... of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts. Free Press, 2001. ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:27, 1 August 2022
- (البيت الحرام "The Sacred House"). For the Muslim ... "The Sacred Mosque", sometimes called "The Noble Sanctuary ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- the Minoans. Based on depictions in Minoan art, Minoan culture is often characterized ... The great collection of Minoan art is in the museum at Heraklion, ...35 KB (5,383 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- assumed into Heaven.M. Gaster, [https://sacred-texts.com/journals/jras/1893 ... This cube can later be seen in Christian art, where it appears on his chest ...18 KB (2,679 words) - 23:31, 19 October 2023
- material for inspiration. Within the faerie art sub-culture, Nixie are sometimes ... *[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tfm/tfm091.htm Nixes] Sacred Texts ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- * myths–sacred stories concerning the distant past, particularly ... * an Australian myth describing the first sacred bora ritual ...26 KB (3,852 words) - 22:45, 10 November 2022
- of the dichotomy between the sacred and the profane, his cross ... sociology, economics, linguistics, art, or any other study is false; ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- viewed the world as infused with kami or sacred presence. Kami was manifest ... as a divine being and for the land as the sacred dwelling place of the gods ...28 KB (4,111 words) - 09:55, 1 April 2024
- Anonymous works such as sacred texts and folk tales may lack an obvious title: for instance, the Bible, Gilgamesh, Beowulf or the Chanson de ...12 KB (1,766 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- for storytelling. A traditional male art form, warriors drew pictographic ... their artworks, resulting in "ledger art." At Fort Marion, St ...34 KB (5,411 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- techne, Latin ars magica) "magical art." The word entered the ... of the sun.Maurice Bloomfield, [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/av.htm Hymns ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- Castiglione, and Machiavelli; works of art by artists such as Michelangelo ... Also, the first stirrings of Renaissance art were to be seen in the opening ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- music in all major genres, including art song, chamber music, oratorio ... his 'Stabat Mater' (1950). Other sacred works from this period include ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- Castrati were no doubt a beautiful contribution to the higher art ... and to compose vocal music, either sacred or secular depending on their ...17 KB (2,678 words) - 14:25, 29 November 2023
- 039;s most significant examples of Byzantine art, Orthodox icons, and both ... of painting influenced the history of Orthodox art." ...27 KB (4,022 words) - 17:04, 10 November 2022
- In art, Saint Clement can be recognized as a pope with an anchor or ... * [http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/index.htm Two Epistles ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- chief of this republic, well-educated in the art of writing or inscription. ... * [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/maha/index.htm The Mahabharata ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- in the employ of the church in Europe, sacred music composed for specific ... and emotional involvement. However, German art historian Erwin Panofsky unflatteringly ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- at Hampi and has been considered sacred over many centuries. Fully ... Under the Virjayanagara rulers early in the twelfth century, native ...12 KB (1,695 words) - 17:01, 21 January 2024
- that they leave, because that ground is sacred to the Furies, or Eumenides ... Theseus, saying, "I come as someone sacred, someone filled with piety ...23 KB (3,721 words) - 01:18, 4 February 2023
- === Violence and the sacred === forth in his second book, Violence and the Sacred (1972). ...32 KB (4,801 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- During the Renaissance, sacred choral music was the principal type ... In the nineteenth century, sacred music escaped from the church and ...22 KB (3,376 words) - 17:11, 10 December 2023
- Fractals are also prevalent in African art and architecture. Circular ... * Generation of various art forms * Signal and image compression ...19 KB (2,648 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- The Magi were the sacred caste of the Medes from ancient Media (inhabitants ... ==The Magi Depicted in Art and Literature== [[image:Adoration.jpg|thumb ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- jazz from a popular music to a fully developed art form. ... Manual Training School to study commercial art. Three months before he was ...22 KB (3,452 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- The Hungarian Sacred Crown is closely devoted to King Stephen. According ... on August 20, the day on which his sacred relics were translated to ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- windows are outstanding examples of how an art form was used to illustrate ... from fasting during Lent.[http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/bourges ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 19:58, 20 November 2023
- :And happy rhymes! bathed in the sacred brook :Of Helicon, whence she ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure Category: literature ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 01:16, 4 February 2023
- Gardening is an art and a science. It is an activity that brings out ... Thirty years afterward, Frank J. Scott published The Art of Beautifying ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- and lunar time cycles were built into the sacred space of Angkor Wat, this ... robbed of its treasure, but he did find a sacred foundation deposit of gold ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- *Brahmans, the priests and religious officials, teachers of the sacred ... cow, a gift of great value, since cows are sacred to Hindus. The tradition ...19 KB (2,973 words) - 13:22, 22 January 2024
- music, volumes of poetry, and illustrated art books and sacred images from ... modern humanity. He once wrote that: "Art is born and takes hold wherever ...16 KB (2,516 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- descriptions, Ravana is depicted in art with up to ten heads. His ... the foremost being his knowledge of the sacred books, medicines, and sorcery ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 19:05, 16 April 2023
- Shandong is also blessed with beautiful landscapes, including the ... Beningson. 2005. Recarving China's Past art, Archaeology, and Architecture ...23 KB (3,360 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- each other with their trunks."Sacred Texts, [http://www.sacred ... wrestling was a popular form of martial art in which points were awarded ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- pattern. In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art, a common pattern comprises ... In Greco-Roman art and architecture, and in Romanesque and Gothic ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- Songshan. The central of China's four sacred Taoist peaks, Mount Song ... the western peak of Mount Song, one of the Sacred Mountains of China, in 495 ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- #039; explicit defense of the novel as an art form on equal standing to ... even archetypal, the novel's true art lies in its details and hidden ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 14:05, 14 December 2021
- and Sandbox Play. Play is cast in the modal of Sacred Play within Transpersonal Psychology. The seminal text in play studies is Homo Ludens by ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- of retaining Latin texts to teach the art of reading. De La Salle stressed ... * MartiÌnez, Luis Varela. Sacred Scripture in the Spirituality ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 19:49, 22 December 2022
- a curriculum that trained pupils in the art of rhetoric and the presentation ... regime with two more panegyrics; To His Sacred Majesty: A Panegyric on his ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 04:57, 3 August 2022
- and made with cunning and with more magic art than other works of craftsmanship. ... * Eliade, Mircea. The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 03:59, 18 August 2023
- cult.Grimal, 203. This makes study of the art of his reign difficult. Based ... el-Medina which was responsible for all the art which filled the tombs in ...23 KB (3,603 words) - 02:51, 24 July 2023
