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品名（中）	莎维德丽
品名（英）	Savitri
入馆年号	2020年，2020.18
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1885 - 公元 1890
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	页: 16 × 12 英寸 (40.6 × 30.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	Savitri是一个理想妻子的典范，她对丈夫的福利倾注了最大的心血。《摩诃婆罗多》中讲述的故事是，萨维特里公主嫁给了萨蒂亚万，萨蒂亚万是一位贫穷但忠诚的王子，众所周知，他背着失明的父母四处走动。萨蒂亚万注定会早逝，所以当他去世的那一天到来时，死神雅玛前来宣布他的生命。Savitri坚持不懈地跟随着Yama，直到最后被她的忠诚所打动，他给了她一个恩惠。她要求恢复萨蒂亚万的生命和她亲家的视线。她非凡的自我牺牲故事体现了印度最深刻的价值观在这个受欧洲启发的主题处理中，亚马与李尔王有着短暂的相似之处，我们看到了一个蓝色身体的加冕死神，穿着红色长袍，手持一把巨大的狼牙棒。他脚上穿着庙里的凉鞋，在云端盘旋。在他那威武的身躯后面，那些该死的人物从阴影中浮现出来。为了回应Savitri的无私，他低垂的手示意给予她一个恩惠，这样就回应了她的请求。她怀着感激的心情抬头凝视，仍然抱着她丈夫破碎的身体。
介绍（英）	Savitri serves as a model of an ideal wife with utmost devotion to her husband’s welfare. The story as told in the Mahabharata is that the princess Savitri marries Satyavan, a poor but devoted prince, known to carry his blind parents around. Satyavan is destined to die early, and so when the day of his death arrives, Yama, the god of death comes to claim his life. Savitri follows Yama relentlessly until, finally impressed by her devotion, he grants her a boon. She asks for Satyavan’s life and the sight of her in-laws to be restored. Her remarkable story of self-sacrifice embodies the deepest of Indian values. In this European-inspired treatment of the subject—Yama has more than a passing resemblance to King Lear—we see the blue-bodied crowned god of death, robed in red robes and holding a great mace. He wears temple-sandals on his feet as he hovers on clouds. Behind his mighty form figures of the damned emerge from the shadows. In response to the selflessness of Savitri he gestures the granting of a boon with his lowered hand, so answering her pleas. She gazes up in thankfulness, still cradling the broken body of her husband on her lap.