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Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance-1930.331_print

The art is a bronze sculpture in the 1000s within South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-1200s). It weighs about 257 lbs. The art was purchased from the J.H. Wade Fund 1930.331 and it is found in the Cleveland Museum of Art in 244 Indian and Southeast Asian. I chose this art specifically because it is about the life and death cycle and this subject interests me in many ways. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art, the ring of fire refers to destruction and the drum refers to the relentless beat of time.

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Uploaded on March 5, 2021