id: 137129 accession number: 1961.94 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.94 updated: 2022-10-29 14:25:16.075000 Shiva and Parvati, c. 950–60. South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-13th Century). Bronze; base: 21.6 x 79.5 x 24.9 cm (8 1/2 x 31 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.); part 1: 81.9 x 48.7 cm (32 1/4 x 19 3/16 in.); part 2: 65.1 x 16.5 cm (25 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1961.94 title: Shiva and Parvati title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 950–60 creation date earliest: 950 creation date latest: 960 current location: 244 Indian and Southeast Asian creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-13th Century) technique: bronze department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Base: 21.6 x 79.5 x 24.9 cm (8 1/2 x 31 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Part 1: 81.9 x 48.7 cm (32 1/4 x 19 3/16 in.); Part 2: 65.1 x 16.5 cm (25 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1961) opening date: 1961-11-01T04:00:00 Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961). title: Master Bronzes of India opening date: 1965-09-03T04:00:00 Master Bronzes of India. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (September 3-October 10, 1965); William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, MO (October 21-December 19, 1965); The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 19-February 27, 1966); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (October 12-December 11, 1966). title: Man and His World opening date: 1967-04-27T05:00:00 Man and His World. Expo 67, Montreal, Canada (organizer) (April 27-October 28, 1967). title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00 Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996). title: The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India opening date: 2002-11-10T00:00:00 The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC (November 10, 2002-March 9, 2003); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (April 4-June 15, 2003); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 6-September 14, 2003). title: Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India opening date: 2006-11-11T00:00:00 Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (November 11, 2006-February 25, 2007). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Shiva and His Many Incarnations. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (6/24/2007). --- PROVENANCE (William H. Wolff [1906–1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1961 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1961– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The posts on the sides of the pedestal once supported a halo that surrounded both figures. digital description: wall description: Bronze sculptures made during the Chola period (800s–1200s) are among the most celebrated and popular art forms of the Indian tradition, and the 10th century marks their flourishing peak. The sensual renditions of attenuated, youthful, and athletic forms are barely covered by garments and ornaments that move, yet cling to the bodies. The figures stand with a natural ease, and the volumes have been so skillfully rendered by the artists that they appear to be capable of walking the earth. Their serene and smiling expressions are completely idealized, leaving no mistake that these are gods, not humans. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 9, 1961, pp. 219–251. page number: Mentioned: no. 49, p. 220, 249; Reproduced: no. 49, p. 221 url: www.jstor.org/stable/25142473 "Annual Report for 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–145. page number: Mentioned: p. 130 url: Master Bronzes of India: The Art Institute of Chicago ... [et al]. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1965. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 26 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 235 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n259 National Gallery of Canada, and Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau). Terre Des Hommes: Exposition Internationale Des Beaux-Arts, 28 Avril-27 Octobre 1967 [ = Man and His World, International Fine Arts Exhibition, Expo 67, Montreal, Canada, 28 April-27 October 1967]. Montréal: Expo 67, 1967. page number: pp. 352–353, no. 167 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 235 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n259 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 299 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n319 Kramrisch, Stella. Manifestations of Shiva. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 100, pp. 122–123 url: Dehejia, Vidya, Richard H. Davis, Irā Nākacāmi, and Karen Pechilis. The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. New York: American Federation of Arts, 2002. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 5, pp. 106 (back) and 107 (front) url: Fernando, Christopher, Vivian Kung Haga, and Chantal Legros. Beyond Beauty: What Is Real Beauty? San Diego, CA: Museum of Photographic Arts, 2005. page number: Reproduced url: Branfoot, Crispin. "Processions and Presence: Bronze Sculptures from the Temples of Southern India." Arts of Asia vol. 36 no. 6 (2006). page number: Reproduced: p. 71, fig. 10 url: Dehejia, Vidya. Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2006. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 3, pp. 52-55 url: Locke, Adrian K. "Divine Beauty: Sacred Medieval Bronzes from Southern India." Minerva vol. 18 no. 1 (January-February 2007): p. 22. page number: Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 3 url: Donaldson, Thomas E. Síva-Pārvatī and Allied Images: Their Iconography and Body Language. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 2007. page number: Mentioned: fig. 216, pp. 261 and 278; Reproduced: fig. 216, p. 261 url: Dehejia, Vidya. The Body Adorned: Dissolving Boundaries between Sacred and Profane in India's Art. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. page number: Reproduced: p. 117, fig. 37 url: Dehejia, Vidya. The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2021. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 14-16, 109-110 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.94/1961.94_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.94/1961.94_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.94/1961.94_full.tif