Looing at Art
Looking At Art
Part One
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• Nataraja, Shiva as the King of Dance
• Unknown Artist
• India
• South India Chola period (900-13th Century)
• 11th century
• Bronze
• 111.50 x 101.65 cm (43 7/8 x 40 inches)
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1930.331
Shiva as Nataraja, Lord of Dance, at once destroys and re-creates the universe. Based on the rhythmic, graceful postures of classical Indian dance, the supreme deity's cosmic dance signifies the end of each cycle of time, or kalpa. The flames encircling his halo and held in his upper left hand symbolize destruction and the promise of re-creation. In his upper right hand, the drum and its sound represent creation or the beginning of time. His other right hand is posed in the gesture meaning "fear not," and his lower left hand points down toward his raised foot. This gesture represents the illusionistic qualities of worldly existence; the raised foot signifies the final release from the cycles of existence and promises salvation. In his dance, Shiva tramples the dwarf Mashalagan, an action symbolic of his victory over evil and ignorance.
[pic]
• Menkaure and Khamerernebty
• By an unknown sculptor or workshop group
• Egypt
• Ca. 2520 BCE
• Slate
• H. 56” (142cm)
• Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Fund Howard/ MFA Excavations. No. 11.738
• Sculpture
This sculpture is from Egypt.
This work is from a non-western culture because Egypt is belonging to Africa, and Non-Western art flourished in Africa. Also, Non-western culture is a body of ideas and values derived fundamentally from mysticism or subjectivism, as opposed to reason.
United States, England, France, Canada, Australia are considered western countries.
Egypt, India, China, Japan, Korea are considered non-western countries.
I can’t find the name of the individual who sculpted each
Part One
[pic]
• Nataraja, Shiva as the King of Dance
• Unknown Artist
• India
• South India Chola period (900-13th Century)
• 11th century
• Bronze
• 111.50 x 101.65 cm (43 7/8 x 40 inches)
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1930.331
Shiva as Nataraja, Lord of Dance, at once destroys and re-creates the universe. Based on the rhythmic, graceful postures of classical Indian dance, the supreme deity's cosmic dance signifies the end of each cycle of time, or kalpa. The flames encircling his halo and held in his upper left hand symbolize destruction and the promise of re-creation. In his upper right hand, the drum and its sound represent creation or the beginning of time. His other right hand is posed in the gesture meaning "fear not," and his lower left hand points down toward his raised foot. This gesture represents the illusionistic qualities of worldly existence; the raised foot signifies the final release from the cycles of existence and promises salvation. In his dance, Shiva tramples the dwarf Mashalagan, an action symbolic of his victory over evil and ignorance.
[pic]
• Menkaure and Khamerernebty
• By an unknown sculptor or workshop group
• Egypt
• Ca. 2520 BCE
• Slate
• H. 56” (142cm)
• Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Fund Howard/ MFA Excavations. No. 11.738
• Sculpture
This sculpture is from Egypt.
This work is from a non-western culture because Egypt is belonging to Africa, and Non-Western art flourished in Africa. Also, Non-western culture is a body of ideas and values derived fundamentally from mysticism or subjectivism, as opposed to reason.
United States, England, France, Canada, Australia are considered western countries.
Egypt, India, China, Japan, Korea are considered non-western countries.
I can’t find the name of the individual who sculpted each