Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• sculpture • Asian art
*Work
Type [link]:
• statue
*Title:
Standing Parvati
*Creator
Display: Indian (Tamil Nadu)
*Role
[link]: sculptor [link]: Indian
*Creation
Date: ca. first quarter 10th century [controlled]:
• Earliest:
0890 • Latest: 0935
*Subject
[links]: • religion and mythology •
human figure • female • Parvati
(Hindu deity) • sensuality •
tribhanga • dance
Style [link]:
Chola
Culture [link]:
Indian (South Asian)
*Current
Location [link]: Metropolitan
Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States)
• ID:
57.51.3
Creation Location
[link]: Tamil Nadu state (India)
*Measurements:
69.5 cm (height) (27 3/8 inches)
[controlled]: • Value:
69.5 Unit:
cm Type: height
*Materials
and Techniques: copper alloy, lost-wax
process
Material [links]:
• copper alloy Technique
[links]: • lost-wax process
Description: As
was typical of this period, this sculpture was created
using the lost-wax technique, meaning each sculpture
requires a separate wax model and thus is unique.
Iconographic conventions for this figure include
the conical crown with mountain-like (karandamukuta)
tiers, swaying hips in a triple-bend (tribhanga)
pose, and the one hand is posed as if holding a
flower. Parvati in this pose is often placed beside
Shiva in his role as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja).
Description Source
[link]: Metropolitan Museum of Art online.
www.metmuseum.org
Page: accessed
21 December 2006
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