Chinese and Indian warfare--from the classical age to 1870

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (04) ◽  
pp. 53-1887-53-1887
Keyword(s):  
Indian Warfare ◽  
Classical Age

The Beast Within

2015 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Sahlins
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Blood Transfusions ◽  
Animal Blood ◽  
Attitudes Toward Animals ◽  
Classical Age

The “most able Cartesian philosopher,” Jean Denis (1635–1704), undertook a series of blood transfusions in 1667 and 1668 in Paris for therapeutic purposes, especially to cure madness, using the blood of animals. A range of actors and institutions opposed the controversial experiments, and the high law court of Paris condemned the practice in 1668. This article examines the attitudes toward animals and animal blood on both sides of the transfusionist debate and the resulting insistence on the “beast within” human nature that found a renewed expression at the beginning of the Classical Age.

The Neo-Classical Chronicle of the Wandering Jew

PMLA ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-213
Author(s):  
George K. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Classical Age

It was inevitable that sooner or later the Wandering Jew, probably the most celebrated of all parcoureurs du monde, should come to be regarded as omniscient as well as ubiquitous. After all, he had been alive since the beginnings of the Christian era, and there was no spot in the generally known world of the Occident where he had not at one time or another passed by or spent his allotted period of residence. In his privileged condition of one who was all-wise, it would be easy for him, if he were so disposed, to assume the mantle of teacher and prophet, with a particular liking for history and geography; but he need not confine himself to those two subjects. The neo-classical age, which developed his didactic powers, sometimes appealed to him for social comment, criticism, and satire.

PORTRAYAL OF WOMAN IN THE CAVE PAINTINGS OF AJANTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
Shubha Tripathi ◽  
Beena Jain
Keyword(s):  
Middle Part ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Cave Paintings ◽  
The Law ◽  
Indian Painting ◽  
Classical Age

The thirty rock cut cave temples of Ajanta located near a village named “Ajistha” in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state. The caves are carved in a half crescent shape overlooking the Waghora river. The caves are located at a picturesque location having beautiful natural surroundings. Because of this peace and godly environment Buddhist monks might have chosen this place for their artistic endeavour. The caves possess well carved sculptures, pillars, entrances and walls are embellished with beautiful paintings. The art of Ajanta flourished from 1st century BC to 7th century AD. The Ajanta art is considered as the classical age of Indian painting. The artists of Ajanta did not follow the law of perspective and represented the figures in its entirety rather than appeared through a normal eye. Ajanta artists tried to depict the whole view through horizontal bands. In the paintings at Ajanta, the background was painted at the topmost band, the middle part of the painting below it and the foreground below the middle ground.

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