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Today at the Museum

May 23, 2013
LECTURE

Thinking Globally: Exploring the MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian Art Collection

7 – 8 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenter: Risha Lee, the MIA's Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. The MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian art collection contains many gems of art, produced in a variety of times and places. In an introduction to the collecti...
Lintel Arch From a Vishnu Temple
Title:Lintel Arch From a Vishnu Temple
Artist:Artist Unknown
Date:12th century
Creation Place:Asia, India, Rajasthan, Rajasthan
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Cleveland
Accession Number:96.54.2
Densely packed with carved images, this arch-shaped lintel originally capped a statue of Vishnu, the preserver. The arch was supported on each side by columns carved in a similar manner which acted to frame the central deity. The lintel displays seated images of Vishnu in three miniature temple forms surrounded by lesser gods and worshippers of the Hindu pantheon.