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Yakshi or Yaksha. The Yakshi and Yaksha represent female and male Earth spirits. These figures can be seen in the round.
serpents. The nagas were dangerous, destructive serpents and enemies of the eagle Garuda, who happened to be their cousin.
Hall. Along each side of a chaitya are columns and at the end, a dome.
| The Buddha is often depicted in numerous birth stories or previous existences. What are these stories called? | Art and Symbolism in India
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jatakas. Jatakas are often depicted on stupas in relief form.
enlightenment. The Buddha was sitting under a bodhi tree when he received enlightenment.
great release. There are pathways in Asia that lead up mountains or hills, with various stupas along the way. Monks walk up and down the hill representing nirvana, or great release.
law. Again, this is often depicted on relief sculptures. These reliefs were used to teach people who were illiterate about the Buddhist faith, much as Early Christians used murals to teach those who could not read.
| One popular kind of sculptural depiction in India is of a woman who can by the mere touch of her foot cause a tree to bloom. By what name is she called? | Art and Symbolism in India
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shalabhanjika. With a voluptuous body, she was often depicted to represent growth or fertility.
eye of spiritual wisdom. This dot is often shown on bodhisattvas and other holy figures.
Crivelli. A legendary incident concerning a real Saint of the Christian Church. Saint George seems to have been a soldier in the army of the Roman Empire in the year 300.
| The portrait titled 'Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain' was painted by what famous artist? He also painted 'Portrait of the Infanta Isabella'. | Art For Goodness Sake!
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Rubens . Painted at age 23 during his stay in Madrid.
| Who sketched a drawing of Marie Antoinette in 1793 while she waited to be put under the guilotine and beheaded? | Art For Goodness Sake!
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David. Marie Antoinette was stripped of her usual beautiful,elegant clothing and wig. She was without her dentures which David distinctly captured in the uncharacteristic pucking of her mouth.
| Which famous sculptor in a jealous rage took a knife and slashed the face of his mistress because she wanted to leave him? | Art For Goodness Sake!
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Bernini. The mistress of Bernini was horribly disfigured for life.
Titian. An unheard of honor for a painter of the 16th century comparable only to the relationship Michaelangelo had with the Popes.
Aubrey Beardsley. Aubrey Beardsley whose black and white drawings express perfectly the Art Nouveau movement.
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