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Summary

Title

Shiva as the Lord of Dance

Description

العربية: ناتاراجا من تاميل نادو الهند أسرة كولا

English: Nataraja from Tamil Nadu, India. Chola Dynasty

Français : Shiva Nataraja. Art Chola, Tamil Nadu (Inde)

Date

between circa 950 and circa 1000

Medium

copper alloy

Dimensions

30 × 22.5 × 7 in (76.2 × 57.2 × 17.8 cm)

Current location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

	Native name	Los Angeles County Museum of Art
	Location	Los Angeles
	Coordinates	34° 3′ 46.44″ N, 118° 21′ 28.08″ E
	Established	1910
	Website	http://www.lacma.org/

South and Southeast Asian Art Department.

Accession number

M.75.1

References

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: online database: entry 37399

Source/Photographer

derivative work: Julia\^talk

This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: cleared all hairs and most dust spots, denoised background only, converted to sRGB. The original can be viewed here: Shiva_as_the_Lord_of_Dance_LACMA.jpg. Modifications made by Julia W.

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:

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Assessment

This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons ( Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images.

This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia ( Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images.

This is a featured picture on the Tamil language Wikipedia ( இன்றைய சிறப்புப் படம்) and is considered one of the finest images.

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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 12 January 2012. It was captioned as follows:

English: Sculpture of Shiva in copper alloy from India (Tamil Nadu).

Dansk: Skulptur af af guden Shiva i kobberlegering fra Tamil Nadu, Indien.

Deutsch: Shiva-Skulptur als Kupferlegierung aus dem Bundesstaat Tamil Nadu ( Indien)

English: Sculpture of Shiva in copper alloy from India (Tamil Nadu).

Español: Escultura de Shiva en aleación de cobre originaria de Tamil Nadu (India).

Suomi: Kuparinen Shivan veistos Intian Tamil Nadusta.

Français : Sculpture de Shiva dans un alliage de cuivre en provenance du Tamil Nadu ( Inde).

Italiano: Statua di Śiva in una lega di rame; Tamil Nadu, India.

日本語: インド（タミル・ナードゥ州）伝来のシヴァ神像。銅合金製。

ქართული: შივას სპილენძის ქანდაკება ტამილნადუ, ინდოეთი.

한국어: 시바의 상. 인도 타밀나두 주.

Македонски: Скулптура на богот Шива од бакарна легура ( Тамил Наду, Индија).

Nederlands: Een Indiaas koperen beeld van Shiva.

Русский: Медная скульптура Шивы из Индии ( Тамил-Наду)

Українська: Шива Натараджа, Володар Танцю, скульптура зі сплаву міді, розміри 76,20 × 57,15 × 17,78 см, приблизно 950-1000 р., династія Чола, штат Таміл-Наду, Індія.

中文（简体）‎: 印度铜制湿婆雕像。

File usage

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Shiva

Metadata

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Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	600 dpi
Vertical resolution	600 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
File change date and time	21:37, 2 April 2011
Colour space	sRGB
Image height	2,876 px
Image width	3,694 px
Date and time of digitizing	21:37, 2 April 2011
Date metadata was last modified	22:37, 2 April 2011
Unique ID of original document	xmp.did:12C26098615DE011BD23D338F44C186C

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