A grisly scene- I thought Thangka paintings were only Tibetan Buddhist? : 無料・フリー素材/写真
A grisly scene- I thought Thangka paintings were only Tibetan Buddhist? / shankar s.
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | This grisly scene of the Hindu goddess Kali in the Thangka painting school in the Bhaktapur Durbar Square in Bhaktapur, Nepal floored me completely- I thought Thangka paintings were only Tibetan Buddhist? The goddess Kali is shown as a blood thirst crazed demon in parts of Eastern India. This is probably her at the most extreme- frankly, I fail to see any godliness in such a violent form- of severing her own head and have two naked ladies drink her blood! Kali probably saw a Dracula movie that day! Still, it was so horrific that it was actually amusing to me, and I couldn't help chuckling at the absurdity of it all. Oh well. Back to the subject on hand, most Thangkas are relatively small, comparable in size to a Western half-length portrait, but some are extremely large, several metres in each dimension; these were designed to be displayed, typically for very brief periods on a monastery wall, as part of religious festivals. Most Thangkas were intended for personal meditation or instruction of monastic students. They often have elaborate compositions including many very small figures. A central deity is often surrounded by other identified figures in a symmetrical composition. Narrative scenes are less common, but do appear. Be that as it may, I still fail to understand how this most improbably violent rendering of the Hindu goddess Kali fits into the relatively more peaceful field of Tibetan Buddhism. (Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Nepal, Oct/ Nov 2019) |
| 撮影日 | 2019-10-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | shankar s. , Poona (pune), India, India |
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| カメラ | NIKON D750 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.008 sec (1/125) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.6 |
| 焦点距離 | 52 mm |