Showing posts with label sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sculpture. Show all posts

2015-12-14

2015-09-03

Mano che tiene una pietra


(Hand Holding a Stone)

National Museum of History
Taipei, Taiwan
台灣 台北 國立歷史博物館
2013.05.06
© Alton Thompson 唐博敦

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564)

Detail: David (1501-1504)
cast from marble original

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2015-08-17

2014-09-11

Stone Circle



The National Dong Hwa University
Hualien County
Taiwan
台灣 花蓮縣 國立東華大學 
2014.07.07
© Alton Thompson 唐博敦

Ariel Moscovici: A Moment of Eternity (detail)
2012, marble
Alton's Images
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2014-05-25

Vishnu Kurmavatara Churns the Milk Ocean


Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK) 
Bangkok, Thailand 
ไทยกรุงเทพ 
 2007.02.14 
©Alton Thompson 唐博敦
Samudra manthan • Churning the Milk Ocean 
Vishnu Kurmavatara dances atop Mount Mandara. Demigods (devas) and
demons 
(asuras) on either side churn the the primordial Milk Ocean to
obtain 
amrita, the nectar of immortality.

Alton's Images
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2014-04-18

Pietà


National Museum of History
Taipei, Taiwan
台灣 台北 國立歷史博物館
2013.05.06
© Alton Thompson 唐博敦

Exhibit: 
Life and works of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni  (1475–1564)
Pietà  (1498–1499)
plaster cast from marble original


2014-04-03

Great Brahma


Great Brahma Urban Shrine
New Taipei City
Taiwan
台灣 新北市 
四面佛
2013.07.18
© Alton Thompson 唐博敦

Great Brahma is known in Taiwan as 'the four-face Buddha'. This roadside shrine serves a community of Thai immigrants.