The meaning of this word is clear enough—it refers to a statue or painting of a person or deity who is unaccompanied by any attendants, etc. But I can't think of a succinct English equivalent. What might it be?Rolf Giebel
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On Nov 25, 2020, at 7:36, Susan Murata <smu...@gmail.com> wrote:Doesn't this refer to the figure of the infant Buddha (Shakamuni) pointing to the heavens and announcing that he will save the world? Here is one summary of the story. https://www.roots.gov.sg/learn/collections/listing/1120162
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What seems a little bit strange to me is, if someone says it is a statue of Jesus Christ, wouldn’t you normally assume it’s without anyone else? Why would you need to specify that?
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Here is an interesting article on iconography.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconography
Doesn't seem to have an answer to your question, but I after reading it, I think I would go with "solitary icon."
Warren Smith
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Just happened to stumble upon “representation"...
Aha!: “solitary representation.”
If it were me I’d incline to like that it’s accurate even to the point of preserving register with its term-of-art feel. And it's backed up by a decent number of homogeneous googits.
Dale Ponte