Sujet

Upagupta Binds Mara to a Mountaintop, 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Upagupta Binds Mara to a Mountaintop, 19th century. This dynamic painting illustrates a story of the former lives of the Buddha, known as the Jataka tales. In these popular stories, which number in the hundreds, the Buddha takes various forms—human, divine, and animal—to carry out virtuous acts of charity, courage, and humility, setting an example for humankind.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23B16_208

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,5Mo (2,9Mo) / 31,9cm x 42,0cm / 3770 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors people man man men Asian Asia religious arts painting mountain mountains power religion Buddhist Buddhism mara art guy Thailand south east asia monk monks continent museum geography color location century buddhist monk material textiles story fabric cloth literature Thai textile concept pigment evil demon Southeast Asia two people mountain top Colour 19th century Siam nineteenth century Southeast Asian geographical feature TGN outside buddhists portrait South-east Asia Jataka Unknown Walters Art Museum Heritage Art 19th-century paint and gold on cloth Upagupta