Showing posts with label statue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label statue. Show all posts

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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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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