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Section 3: Lord of Beginnings
- Q1: Private vs Public
- Q2: Party Starter
Section 4: Elephant Head Explanation
- Q3: Mom and Pop
- Q4: Headless Lord
- Q5: An Elephant Head
Section 5: Gifts
- Q6: Puja
Section 6: Sculpture
- Q7: Sculpture Material
Section 7: The Mahabharata
- Q8: Tusk Tusk
Section 8: The Rat and The Snake
- Q9: Ganesha's Whip
- Q10: Accidents Happen
- Q11: Ha Ha
Section 9: Swami Vivekananda
- Q12: Swami's Speech

Section 1: Lesson Intro

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Lord Ganesha in Hindu Art

Lucas Livingston

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Learn through art and sculpture about how the Lord Ganesha got his elephant head, lost his tusk, and other stories from oral tradition.

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4 Comments

Heather C

LOVE this lesson, but can't show it because of the breasts on the statue of Parvati:( Could you take that out?

appreciate appreciated

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Hi Heather. Thanks for the comment. I'm pleased you like the lesson. I understand nudity in art is a challenging force for many of us to deal with, but instead of avoiding it, perhaps you could take this as an opportunity to broach the topic of nudity in art. There's a helpful free resource produced by the Art Institute of Chicago exploring how to talk about nudity in art: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/resources/Rsrc_001627.pdf

Kristen Schultz

You've done a great job making art history fun! Thanks :D Looking forward to some more lessons...

Thanks Kristen! That's the way art history should be! Glad you dig it and stay tuned...