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Women in Sri Lankan Sculpture and Painting
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Title
Women dancers as temptresses
Subject
Women dancers in art
Temptation in art
Cave paintings--Dambulu Rajamaha Viharaya (Sri Lanka)
Description
The temptations with which the Bodhisattva grappled are personified as the daughters of Mara, the evil one. In common with practically all the Kandyan temple paintings, the female as temptress, at the Dambulla Rock Temple, Sri Lanka, as shown here, is in dance pose. However, none of the daughters of Mara shown in the paintings of the Kandyan period can be described as sensuous creatures. For the 18th century Kandyan painter, the female as seductress perhaps lacked conviction.
Creator
Sirima Kiribamune
Source
Dambulla Rock Temple, Sri Lanka
Date
ca. 18th century A.D.
Period of study: 1986-1987
Version: 01/12/2014
Contributor
Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha
Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith
Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini
Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.
International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo
Rights
All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.
Relation
Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection
Format
JPEG 2000
Language
eng
Type
image
Identifier
PDWESLSP.S.156
Coverage
ce
Collection
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Citation
Sirima Kiribamune, "Women dancers as temptresses," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #12653, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/12653 (accessed May 14, 2024).