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A white elephant is rare and given special significance. It is often considered sacred and symbolises royalty in Thailand and Burma, where it is also considered a symbol of good luck. In Buddhist iconography, the elephant is associated with Queen Māyā of Sakya, the mother of Gautama Buddha. She had a vivid dream foretelling her pregnancy in ...
Elephant fight, Deccan, India, 19th century, Salar Jung Museum. The composite figures are a combination of humans and animals, including a Brontosaurus on the trunk of elephant on the right. Composite miniature painting is a painting style which was prevalent in India and Persia. In this style, painted representations of different animals or ...
While most of the drawings depict Indian royalty or noblemen, a few represent the common people or women. [7] All drawings are made on 'Asian paper', which was then imported by the Dutch East India Company and highly prized. Rembrandt's use of expensive paper has been interpreted as him holding the subject matter in high regard. [6]
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, with touches of opaque white watercolor, on cream laid paper: 14.3 x 16.8 cm: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The drawing is related to the etching B158 : Three Men Being Beheaded: c. 1640: Pen and brown ink, corrected with white; framing lines in pen and brown ink: 15.3 x 22.6 cm: British Museum, London
He is the "king of elephants" also serves as the main vehicle for the deity Indra. [1] It is also called 'abhra-Matanga', meaning "elephant of the clouds"; 'Naga-malla', meaning "the fighting elephant"; and 'Arkasodara', meaning "brother of the sun". [2] 'Abhramu' is the elephant wife of Airavata. Airavata is also the third son of Iravati.
The Indian elephant is a protected species under Schedule I of the Indian Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. [33] Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Government of India to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by the states.
The painters do not use pencil or charcoal for the preliminary drawings. They are so expert in the line that they simply draw directly with the brush either in light red or yellow. Then the colours are filled in. The final lines are drawn and the patta is given a lacquer coating to protect it from weather, thus making the painting glossy.
Depictions of elephants in art. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. C. Coats of arms with elephants (7 P) S. Sculptures of ...