Siva Nataraja

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.29.2

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MIA_.29.2

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

aly

2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

oty

Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Chola period

crn

Chola period

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian

crc

Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

sculptor

crr

sculptor

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Chola period

crt

Chola period

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Siva Nataraja

otn

Siva Nataraja

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

late 10th century

oct

late 10th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

966

ocs

966

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

999

oce

999

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

bronze

omd

bronze

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

bronze

clt

bronze

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H.28 in.

met

H.28 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

height only

mcm

height only

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

29.2

ooa

29.2

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. E. C. Gale

ooc

Gift of Mrs. E. C. Gale

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

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<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Shiva, in his form of Nataraja or Lord of the Dance, was adopted by the imperial Cholas as their family deity. For this reason, images of Shiva performing his cosmic dance became widely popular in South India where the Cholas ruled from the early tenth century. The dance symbolizes the five activities of Shiva as the cosmic deity: creator, preserver, destroyer, remover of illusion and dispenser of grace. The great god tramples the prostrate dwarf Apasmarapurusa, the demon of ignorance. Found in a temple near Pondicherry; the frenzied, destructive force of the cosmic cycle, Shiva's perpetual motion and the sense of unearthly power is fully expressed in this archetypal sculpture.

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<P>Shiva, in his form of Nataraja or Lord of the Dance, was adopted by the imperial Cholas as their family deity. For this reason, images of Shiva performing his cosmic dance became widely popular in South India where the Cholas ruled from the early tenth century. The dance symbolizes the five activities of Shiva as the cosmic deity: creator, preserver, destroyer, remover of illusion and dispenser of grace. The great god tramples the prostrate dwarf Apasmarapurusa, the demon of ignorance. Found in a temple near Pondicherry; the frenzied, destructive force of the cosmic cycle, Shiva's perpetual motion and the sense of unearthly power is fully expressed in this archetypal sculpture.</P>

Context

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