Rodin and the Dance of Shiva
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Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9789385285158
Length
148p., Illustrations; Colour; 24cm.
Subjects
In 1913, photos of The Nataraja bronze from the Chennai Museum inspired Auguste Rodin s text The Dance of Shiva . Written at the end of his life, this vision of Shiva, Lord of actordancers , revealed the underlying links between Rodin s dance sculptures (1910), the Cambodian dancer drawings, and his private collection of antique Venus and Buddha sculptures and wood carvings from India. Through his androgynous vision of Shiva the cosmic dancer, Rodin invites us ...