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The Haḍḍa School of Art: Iconographic Markers

The demon

45 works · + 5 debated

Māra’s army and the tempters: hair bristling “in the shape of flames”, sometimes rising into horns, mouths open on protruding teeth or boar tusks, bulging eyes with a furious gaze, hybrid half-human, half-animal faces. Others, more insidious, advance wrapped in a fur coat clutched with both hands.

The distinguishing marks

Each mark points to real records that describe it.

  • Hair bristling “in the shape of flames”, sometimes forming horns

    See in the database: HADB 171, HADB 172

  • Grimace: wide mouth, protruding teeth, tusks

    See in the database: HADB 171, HADB 172

  • Bulging eyes, furious or hallucinated gaze

    See in the database: HADB 171, HADB 172

  • Fur coat clutched with both hands (the tempters)

    See in the database: HADB 169, HADB 170

Three works to learn to look

这位恶魔穿着带兜帽的毛皮斗篷，双手在脖子周围调整。他像爬行动物般弯曲身体前进的姿态凸显出其令人不安的意图。面容凶恶。

Not to be confused with

All identified works

塔帕·卡兰33 works

Debated identifications

The database itself leaves these records open: their titles hesitate between several figures. They are part of the lesson: identifying means weighing clues.

This figure in the tours

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In the identification key

The observation paths that lead to this figure in the questionnaire. Each path can be replayed.

  1. Grimacing or unsettlingBristling “flame-like” locks, horns, fangs or an animal face
  2. Grimacing or unsettlingA grimace, with no headgear or animal features
  3. The face is missing, I mainly see the bodyFur coat clutched with both hands