Episode 31 takes a take a look at the enduring determine of the Hindu deity Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of the Dance. Analyzing two pictures of the dancing Shiva on the Artwork Institute of Chicago and the Snite Museum of Artwork on the College of Notre Dame, we discover the timeless idea of the cosmic cycle of creation and destruction. We see a philosophy of stability and concord expressed by the union of diverging opposites, like creation and destruction, female and male, life and loss of life — and we find out how the imagery, symbolism, and iconography of the favored Nataraja determine embody this philosophy and non secular perception. Plus we uncover Shiva’s operate because the destroyer of the cosmos, the supreme yogi and cosmic dancer, and father of the beloved elephant-headed deity Ganesha, the Remover of Obstacles. See previous episodes, picture galleries, credit, transcripts, and extra sources at http://ancientartpodcast.org. Join at http://twitter.com/lucaslivingston and http://fb.ancientartpodcast.org/.
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