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From the 4th century CE, independent devotional statues of Vāsudeva-Krishna become very rare, and are replaced by statues of Vishnu with the addition of an aureole. [70] This suggests with a high probability that the human face in the statues of Vishnu, including those known as Vaikuntha Chaturmurti , is actually the face of his human ...
Cuenca ancestral house in Bacoor, Cavite, showing its three historical markers. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Calabarzon (Region IV-A) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
This is supported by the discovery of clay and bronze Buddha statues, but it is unclear if the statue is of a later date. [24] According to Behrendt, these "must have been the architectural prototype for the later northern and western Buddhist shrines in the Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad , Ellora , Nalanda , Ratnagiri and other sites". [ 24 ]
The marble statue was about 2,480 years old and depicted a male figure standing upright, a type of statue known as a kouros, archaeologists said. A photo shows the carved figure’s upper body and ...
The Head of the Virgin is a 17th-century carved ivory head of the Virgin Mary now in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.Such heads would usually have been connected to a wooden armature making up a devotional statue in the Catholic faith as part of the tradition of the imagen de vestir of clothed statues. [1]
According to Silparatna, a Hindu temple project would start with a Yajamana (patron), and include a Sthapaka (guru, spiritual guide and architect-priest), a Sthapati (architect) who would design the building, a Sutragrahin (surveyor), and many Vardhakins (workers, masons, painters, plasterers, overseers) and Taksakas (sculptors).
An additional reference made by these temples was to the legend, reported in the popular compilation of the Golden Legend, that on the night of Christ's birth the Basilica of Maxentius in Rome, supposed to house a statue of Romulus, had partly tumbled to the ground, leaving the impressive ruins that survive today. [28]
This was mainly due to local taboo and superstitious beliefs connecting statues and ancient ruins with spirits that might cause misfortune. For example, two old Javanese chronicles ( babad ) from the 18th century mention cases of bad luck associated with "the mountain of statues", which was actually the ruins of the Borobudur Buddhist monument.