Annual Ford Lecture: Shiva, the Mystic Lord and Dancing Liberator

Name: Annual Ford Lecture: Shiva, the Mystic Lord and Dancing Liberator
Start: 2025-04-06T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-06T15:30:00-04:00
Location: 600 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21201

Schedule

Sun Apr 06 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

600 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21201 | Baltimore, MD

Registration is required.
Shiva, also known as Mahadeva or “Great God,” has been conceived as inhabiting wide-ranging forms. The many different manifestations in which he appears and is worshiped include as a simple, pillar-like form (“Linga”); an ascetic; and a member of a “holy family” grouping. In this lecture, German scholar Corinna Wessels-Mevissen, PhD, will discuss objects visualizing Shiva in his multiple modes, including a rare 10th-century stone sculpture that depicts him as a supreme but humble ruler, along with other works in the Walters collection.