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Hindu art paper

Posted November 30th, 2011 at 02:18 PM by ghostexorcist
Updated January 5th, 2013 at 12:26 PM by ghostexorcist

Bronze in Motion: The Shiva Nataraja

By Jim R. McClanahan

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The “Shiva Nataraja” statue (South India, 16th-17th c., bronze, 1940.1079) was gifted to the Cincinnati Art Museum in memory of Elsie Homes Warrington by George Warrington. It stands 33 13/16 in. tall, 23 ¼ in. wide and 12 in. deep.[1] The piece features many of the iconographic motifs associated with the god, such as...
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