Viśa Īrasangä
Viśa Viśa Īrasangä (Khotanese: Viśa Īrasangä; in; 7th century) was a Khotanese painter during the Tang dynasty. He was also a Khotanese nobleman, but sometimes he is considered to be a Tocharian originated from the north of Afghanistan. His father Viśa Baysūna was well known by his paintings during the Sui dynasty, he was referred to as "Yuchi the Elder" (zh-Hant) by Chinese people.
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Viśa Īrasangä
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- Viśa Īrasangä
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- Kingdom of Khotan
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- painter
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Viśa Viśa Īrasangä (Khotanese: Viśa Īrasangä; in; 7th century) was a Khotanese painter during the Tang dynasty. He was also a Khotanese nobleman, but sometimes he is considered to be a Tocharian originated from the north of Afghanistan. His father Viśa Baysūna was well known by his paintings during the Sui dynasty, he was referred to as "Yuchi the Elder" (zh-Hant) by Chinese people.
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Thereby Īrasangä was known as "Yuchi the Younger" (zh-Hant). His painting skills were often compared with Yan Liben, even the famous painter Wu Daozi was under his influence. Īrasangä was notable for creating Buddhist and foreign exotic portraits. He came to the Chinese court in the mid 7th century. He brought a new painting style of Iranian origin and had profound influence in Chinese Buddhist art. He was credited with having helped bring the Western technique of using a line of unvarying thickness to outline figures—the "iron-wire" line—to the Buddhist temples in many Chinese cities.
This panel, perhaps the finest and best preserved of those from Dandan-oilik, is reproduced in Pl. 70-1 slightly smaller than life-size, with a close-up of the reverse in Pl. 70-2. The triple-headed deity, with one fierce grotesque head and one feminine or benign one, is ithyphallic and holds the sun and moon, a vajra and another object. He has been identified by Joanna Williams (1973, pp. 142-45)
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• Name — Viśa Īrasangä • Known for — Painting • Style — Central Asian art • Father — Viśa Baysūna
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• Illustration — Painting of a Persian deity on the reverse of a painted panel, probably depicting the legendary hero Rustam. • Illustration — Painting of an Indian deity on the obverse of a painted panel, most likely depicting Shiva (Maheśvara). • Illustration — So-called "Kuchean Dancer", traditionally attributed to Viśa Īrasangä. • Illustration — So-called "Kuchean Dancer", traditionally attributed to Viśa Īrasangä. • Illustration — Vaiśravaṇa, traditionally attributed to Viśa Īrasangä.
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