Examples of Prince Shōtoku in the following topics:
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- The temple was originally commissioned by Prince Shōtoku of the Asuka Period (c. 538 to 710 CE); at the time it was called Ikaruga-dera (斑), a name that is still sometimes used.
- Yumedono, or the Hall of Dreams, is one of the main constructions in the Tō-in area, built on the ground which was once Prince Shōtoku's private palace, Ikaruga no miya.
- The hall acquired its present-day common name in the later Heian period, after a legend that says a Buddha arrived as Prince Shōtoku and meditated in a hall that existed here.
- Describe the creation, function, and characteristics of Prince Shōtoku's Hōryū-ji temple.
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- The Rajputs were patrilineal clans, ruling a majority of Hindu princely states in northern India between the 6th and 20th centuries.
- The Rajputs rose to prominence between the 6th and 12th centuries, establishing the overwhelming majority of Hindu princely states in Rajasthan and Surashtra in northwestern India, which they ruled until the twentieth century.
- His grandson, Akbar (r. 1556-1605), retook the forts of Chittor and Ranthambore in 1568-69 and then made a settlement with all the Rajput princes of Rajasthan—with the exception of Mewar, which continued to hold out against Mughal lordship.
- At the end of the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1818) between the Maratha Confederacy and the English East India Company, all the Rajput states in Rajasthan entered into a subsidiary alliance with the Company and became princely states under the British Raj.
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- The merchants of the East India Company provided a large market for native art in the 18th century, and a distinct genre of watercolor painting developed that depicted scenes of everyday life, regalia of princely courts, and Indian festivities and rituals.
- Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was a remarkable self-taught Indian painter from the princely state of Travancore.
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- Bronze images of the 23rd tirthankara, Pārśva, can be seen in the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, and in the Patna museum; these are dated to the 2nd century BCE.
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- Prince referred to the terracotta artists of 900 A.D. as the founders of art guilds.
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- On Piazza Grande, the Porta Regia ("Royal Gate"), by the campionesi, and the shorter Porta dei Principi ("Princes' Gate"), are decorated by a pupil of Wiligelmus' with a relief depicting episodes of the life of Saint Geminianus.
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- Overcoming the challenges of the clifflike site, which made an irregular massing of architecture necessary, from the 1460s onwards Laurana created what contemporaries considered the ideal princely dwelling.
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- Pieter Bruegel the Elder was well-known for his depictions of nature and everyday life, with a preference for the natural condition of man, and his numerous depictions of peasants instead of the princes.
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- Maintaining leadership was difficult; while in power, these Italian princes were inclined to use their wealth to secure their own legacy and promote the cultural superiority of their own cities.
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- Two excellent examples of French Rococo are the Salon de Monsieur le Prince in the Petit Château at Chantilly, decorated by Jean Aubert; and the salons in the Hotel Soubise, Paris, by Germain Boffrand.