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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- immediately under the title The Temple: Sacred Poems And Private Ejaculations ... or any of the other glorified laurels of art. Herbert's poetry has ...9 KB (1,501 words) - 16:52, 20 May 2024
- 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
