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TitleSiva Nataraja DescriptionShiva, 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...
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Henry Kirke Brown American, 1814-1886 The Filatrice (The Spinners), 1850 Bronze 50.8 x 30.5 x 17.8 cm (20 x 12 x 7 in.) Unsigned Roger McCormick Endowment, 1989.59 American Art Gallery 172 http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/111442 Website: Art Institute of...
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John Singer Sargent American, 1856-1925 Venetian Glass Workers, 1880/82 Oil on canvas 56.5 x 84.5 cm (22 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.) Signed lower left: “John S. Sargent” Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1933.1217 American Art Gallery 171 http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/110761 The Art Institute of...
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Lonely Boy © Michael Merrill Cliquez sur l’image pour l’agrandir Date de création: 1986 Médium: huile sur toile Dimensions: 183 x 183...
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Woman with Mandolin ©Dennis Geden Date made: 1997 Materials: oil on canvas, integral wood frame Measurements:...
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The Opening 2005, oil and acrylic on canvas 101.6 x 152.4 cm 40 x 60 in Susan G. Scott http://www.susangscott.com/
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Bill Condon. Dreamgirls. 2006. USA. 35mm, 131 mins. http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A34071&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1
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James Broughton. (American, 1913-1999). The Bed. 1968. USA. 16mm print, color, sound, 17 min. Acquired from the artist. http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O %3AAD%3AE %3A32194&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1
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Babble ©Paul Litherland Date made: 2001 Materials: multimedia performance Measurements: Other information: Babble is a performance created by Paul Litherland, and developed by Litherland and percussionist Alexander MacSween. They perform Babble on electronic drum kits connected to computer equipment. As the performers play their drums, the hits are converted to MIDI signals and sent to the computers, which in turn transform the signals into elements of messages. A hit can produce a ‘0’, a ‘1’, a word, or control a...
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