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' long-ears' or 'neighing aloud' ') [1] is a seven-headed flying horse, created during the churning of the ocean. It is considered the best of horses, as prototype and king of the horses. [1] Uchchaihshravas is often described as a vahana of Indra, but is also recorded to be the horse of Bali, the king of the asuras.
The paintings of Giuseppe Castiglione show the bodies of horses in full, their manes being of a different color from the body. [4] He represented them from different angles, [4] suggesting movement through the lifting of the limbs. [7] He also indicated a light source to attenuate the tints, and thus give the horses a volumetric effect. [4]
Khandoba's images are often dressed as a Maratha sardar, [6] or a Muslim pathan. [7] Often, Khandoba is depicted as a warrior seated on horseback with one or both of his wives and accompanied with one or more dogs. [8] He is also worshipped as the aniconic linga, the symbol of Shiva. [9]
George Stubbs ARA (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Reynolds and Gainsborough.
He made the painting in the week following his portraits of Dr. Gachet. [5] The viewpoint from above was a favourite perspective of his since his days sketching in the dunes of Scheveningen at The Hague with the aid of a perspective frame. [6] Van Gogh described the painting in a letter to his sister Wil: [7]
Close-up of a Lung ta ("Wind Horse") prayer flag, Ladakh, India. A Tibetan prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along trails and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated within the religious tradition of Bon. [1]
The Samarangana Sutradhara acknowledges and builds upon older Indian texts on temple architecture, and vastu in general, states Adam Hardy – a scholar of Hindu temple architecture and related historic texts. It provides one of the most complete list and descriptions of 64 designs of Indian temples as they existed by the 11th century. [7]
Xu Beihong (Chinese: 徐悲鴻; Wade–Giles: Hsü Pei-hung; 19 July 1895 – 26 September 1953), also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter. [1]He was primarily known for his Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds and was one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a modern China at the beginning of the 20th century.