Fine Art

Makara — Geschichte & Fakten

Der Makara ist ein mythisches Wesen, das mit Wasser assoziiert wird. In Zentral-Java standen sie oft am Eingang von Tempeln Wache. Dieses Beispiel hat die Schnauze eines Drachen, den Rüssel eines Elefanten und die Hörner eines Widders.

Auf der Zunge seines weit geöffneten Mundes sitzt ein Löwe.

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A scene depicting two figures in an interior setting from the 'Yadorigi' chapter of The Tale of Genji.

Genji-Monogatari-Bildrolle: Yadorigi

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A dynamic scene depicting figures on a shore gesturing towards a floating granary above the water.

Legenden vom Berg Shigi: Der fliegende Speicher

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A chaotic scene depicting an assault on the Sanjō Palace with armed figures and burning architecture.

Nächtlicher Angriff auf den Sanjō-Palast

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A colorful hanging scroll depicting the Womb World Mandala with a central Buddha figure surrounded by deities.

Mandala der Mutterschoßwelt (Mandala der beiden Welten)

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Musicians and elegantly dressed figures occupy a shallow foreground against a gold-leaf background in the Hikone Screen.

Hikone-Stellschirm

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A folio from the Blue Qur'an featuring gold Kufic script on indigo-dyed parchment.

Blatt aus dem Blauen Koran

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A funeral procession with Isfandiyar's body on a golden bier, surrounded by mourners in flowing robes.

Das Begräbnis des Isfandiyar (Großes Mongolisches Schahname)

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Die Ideale Stadt

Die Ideale Stadt

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The Wilton Diptych features a kneeling king presented by saints on the left and the Virgin Mary with angels on the right.

Wilton-Diptychon

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A knight in full armor rides a horse through a rocky landscape accompanied by a skeletal figure holding an hourglass, a horned creature, and a running dog.

Ritter, Tod und Teufel

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A depiction of Apollo reaching for Daphne, who is transforming into a laurel tree.

Apoll und Daphne

Peter Paul Rubens

A group of figures including a twisting woman in white and reddish-brown drapery, a crowned man, and others stand closely on rocky ground beneath a blue sky.

Bacchus und Ariadne

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens' 'Hippomenes and Atalanta' captures a moment of tension in a mythological race.

Hippomenes und Atalanta

Peter Paul Rubens

A nearly nude woman chained to a rocky outcrop looks down anxiously as a sea monster rises below and an armored man swoops in with sword and shield.

Perseus und Andromeda

Peter Paul Rubens

Meleager and Atalanta confront the Calydonian Boar in a dynamic scene by Peter Paul Rubens.

Meleager und Atalanta und die Jagd auf das Kalydonische Wildschwein

Peter Paul Rubens

Albrecht Dürer's 'St. George and the Dragon' depicts the legendary battle between the saint and the dragon.

Sankt Georg und der Drache.

Albrecht Dürer

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