Father of hypnotism, a photo from Goa, West

Photographer's Note

This is a bronze statue of the Abbot Faria trying to hypnotize a woman in central Panjim, capital of the state of Goa,next to the Government Secretariat that was sculpted in 1945 by sculptor Ramchandra Pandurang Kamat of Madkai.

Abade Faria, or Abbe (Abbot) Jose Custodio de Faria,was born in Candolim, District of Bardez in Goa, Portuguese India, on May 31, 1746 and died in Paris on September 30, 1819.
He was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism and Faria understood that it worked purely by the power of suggestion. In the early 19th century, Abbot Faria introduced oriental hypnosis to Paris.
In 1797 he was arrested in Marseille and taken to the infamous Chateau d'If by a law court where he was shut up in solitary confinement. While imprisoned he steadily trained himself using techniques of self-suggestion.
After a long stint in the Chateau, Faria was released and returned to Paris, where he met Alexandre Dumas, the novelist, who was so impressed with the Abbe that he used him as a character - the mad monk - in his novel, The Count of Monte Cristo.

PP : I cloned out electric wires and iron wire

Hope you like it...

rafelito, Angshu, feather, siolaw, papagolf21, Cretense, pranab, thaprem, sufi has marked this note useful

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clnaef (6289) 2006-09-18 8:30 [Comment]

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rafelito (3648) 2006-09-18 18:55

hi Marilyn, I like this kind of diagonal composition.Excellen clon.
Many regards, Rafael

feather (51130) 2006-09-19 9:42

Very interesting - I didn't know this before. Good shot from a low POV. The brilliant blue sky forms an excellent background.
Kath

siolaw (38294) 2006-09-19 11:13

Salut Marilyn,
Une histoire interessante bien illustr嶪 par ta photo.. Bien cadr�, bonnes couleurs et nettet�.. bon post processing ;D
Laurent

papagolf21 (152607) 2006-09-19 16:55

Bonsoir Marilyn,
Les anges donnent la consigne de ne pas se retourner vers Sodome au moment de la destruction de cette ville. Malgr� cet avertissement, l'廧ouse de Loth se retourne et est chang嶪 en statue de sel. C'est ce � quoi j'ai pens� en regardant cette tr鋊 belle sculpture, puis, en regardant la note cont嶪, c'est tout aussi int廨essant.
Tr鋊 belle r嶧lisation, Marilyn.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

chanjits (4460) 2006-09-19 19:45

nice picture of art work taken at proper angle dear.

Angshu (56760) 2006-09-19 23:32

Hello Marilyn
The composition has become strong thanks to your POV...I actually love such POVs taken from below, looking up, as I think it does enhance the majesty of the subject/structure. The clutterless composition against the blue sky is appealing & you did well cloning out the wires
Regards
Angshu

Cretense (68709) 2006-09-21 6:57

Hi Marilyn!

Simple but beautiful composition! The contrast of the statue and the deep blue sky is excellent. Very well done!

Best regards,
Hercules

pranab (5354) 2006-09-25 3:38

marilyn,
a simple yet very interesting composition. good contrast of colors and your note adds some extra depth in this composition too.

thaprem (2566) 2006-10-05 7:22

Wow...Marilyn,
A fitting composition for such colourfull character...
Count of monte cristo is one of my childhood favourites & I never knew that had an Indian connection...
Thanks for bringing such history to the foreground & I am enthrilled.
Cheers,
Prem.

sufi (9588) 2006-10-27 6:59

Bonjour Marilyn...
It's a wonderful point of view and very creative composition too... The light&shadows, the sharpness and the clarity are perfect... Also perfect contrast between the gray tones and blue...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

MIG13 (0) 2006-12-17 21:06

Hi, Marilyn! Nice composition, great contrast in colours and good note! TFS! Greetings from Rio! Miguel.

nivas37 (662) 2007-01-03 2:27

Hi Marilyn,
Excellent notes to the image... the cloning is well done... and ofcourse, the image is very well taken, with a nice blue sky...
Rgds / Nivas