EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably goddess Nyx although it is assumed that it is one of the Erinyes, goddesses of revenge. She is holding a ...
EditorialThe demon Akwan. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. The demon Akwan about to hurl Rustam into the sea. Usual luxuriant landscape, and the demon coloured blue with scarlet muzzle wearing yellow shorts. 25.5 by 19.5 cm. Image take...
EditorialSugrīva and his monkeys, seen at the top on the left, continue to tell Rāma and Lak?ma?a the story of Bāli and Dundubhi. Bāli was so powerful that he was able to tear the demon limb from limb and then hurl the carcass into the air. Unfortunatel...
EditorialThe monkeys continue to hurl themselves at Kumbhakar?a, who has some still under his arm but is crushing others with his other hand and beneath his feet. Rāma, Lak?ma?a and Vibhī?a?a still advance on him with their bows and arrows. Ramayana...
EditorialThe great eagle Garu?a, vehicle of Vi??u himself, flies down from heaven and his mere presence releases Rāma and Lak?ma?a from their magic serpentine bonds as the snakes go gliding off (eagles are the traditional enemies of snakes), while hi...
EditorialVibhī?a?a and Hanumān are battling with Indrajit, but then leave him to Lak?ma?a. The two hurl everything they can at each other. Lak?ma?a’s arrows slay Indrajit’s charioteer and pierce his horses, which are jumped on by the monkeys t...
EditorialThe demon Akwan. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. The demon Akwan about to hurl Rustam into the sea. Usual luxuriant landscape, and the demon coloured blue with scarlet muzzle wearing yellow shorts. 25.5 by 19.5 cm. Image take...
EditorialSugrīva and his monkeys, seen at the top on the left, continue to tell Rāma and Lak?ma?a the story of Bāli and Dundubhi. Bāli was so powerful that he was able to tear the demon limb from limb and then hurl the carcass into the air. Unfortunatel...
EditorialThe monkeys continue to hurl themselves at Kumbhakar?a, who has some still under his arm but is crushing others with his other hand and beneath his feet. Rāma, Lak?ma?a and Vibhī?a?a still advance on him with their bows and arrows. Ramayana...
EditorialThe great eagle Garu?a, vehicle of Vi??u himself, flies down from heaven and his mere presence releases Rāma and Lak?ma?a from their magic serpentine bonds as the snakes go gliding off (eagles are the traditional enemies of snakes), while hi...
EditorialVibhī?a?a and Hanumān are battling with Indrajit, but then leave him to Lak?ma?a. The two hurl everything they can at each other. Lak?ma?a’s arrows slay Indrajit’s charioteer and pierce his horses, which are jumped on by the monkeys t...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably goddess Nyx although it is assumed that it is one of the Erinyes, goddesses of revenge. She is holding a ...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably goddess Nyx although it is assumed that it is one of the Erinyes, goddesses of revenge. She is holding a ...
EditorialHanuman, king of the monkeys, fights with Indrajita, 1653. Hanuman picks up bolders to hurl at Indrajita, who releases arrows from his chariot drawn by four lions. From the Sanskrit epic "Ramayana" by Valmiki. ID: IO 3621.