Describe the artistic beauty of the sculpture 'Dancing Girl'.
Answers
Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300-1750 BCE in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan),[1] which was one of the earliest cities. The statue is 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) tall, and depicts a naked young woman or girl with stylized proportions standing in a confident, naturalistic pose. Dancing Girl is well-regarded as a work of art, and is a cultural artefact of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
Dancing Girl (bronze), Mohenjo-daro
Dancing girl of Mohenjo-daro.jpg
Artist
unknown, pre-historic
Year
c. 2300-1750 BCE
Type
bronze
Dimensions
10.5 cm × 5 cm (4 1/8 in × 2 in )
Location
National Museum, New Delhi, Delhi
The statuette was discovered by British archaeologist Ernest Mackay in the "HR area" of Mohenjo-daro in 1926.[2] It is held by the National Museum, New Delhi, and the ownership of the statue is disputed by Pakistan.[3][4]
Description Edit
This is one of 2 bronze art works found at Mohenjo-daro that show more flexible features when compared to other more formal poses. The girl is naked, wears a number of bangles and a necklace and is shown in a natural standing position with one hand on her hip.[5] She wears 24 to 25 bangles on her left arm and 4 bangles on her right arm, and some object was held in her left hand, which is resting on her thigh; both arms are unusually long.[6] Her necklace has three big pendants. She has her long hair styled in a big bun that is resting on her shoulder.[7]