File:Clevelandart 1962.164.jpg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 449 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 180 × 240 pixels | 359 × 480 pixels | 575 × 768 pixels | 766 × 1,024 pixels | 2,545 × 3,400 pixels.
Original file (2,545 × 3,400 pixels, file size: 1.71 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Summary
[edit]Shiva as Slayer of the Elephant Demon
(   ) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title |
Shiva as Slayer of the Elephant Demon |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
In an exuberant dance posture with eight arms, Shiva is shown here in his wrathful aspect, with disheveled hair, bulging eyes, and fangs. He has just successfully flayed the skin of an elephant demon and triumphantly stretches it out behind him, its two hind feet sticking up at the right corner of the panel. The elephant in rut, in its demonic form, was used as a metaphor for uncontrolled passions that Shiva helps to conquer in the mind of the devotee, so that the devotee can better focus his attentions on the god himself. In the lower left corner, a dwarfish member of Shiva's entourage beats the rhythm of the dance on his drum. His wife, the goddess Parvati, looks on with admiration. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Granite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 72.4 x 48.3 x 20.3 cm (28 1/2 x 19 x 8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current location |
Indian and South East Asian Art |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
1962.164 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of creation | South India, Tamil Nadu, early Chola Period, 11th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | John L. Severance Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.164 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
[edit]
|
The three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the creator plus 70 years or less. The creation of photographic reproduction of this object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
|
 
|
This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
|
|
This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 09:24, 21 January 2019 | | 2,545 × 3,400 (1.71 MB) | Madreiling (talk | contribs) | pattypan 18.02 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on www.wikidata.org
