The ancient cultures of Peru - Chavin, Cupisnique, Salinar, Viru, Moche, paracas, Nasca, Lambayeque, Hurai, Chimu and Inca - produced ceramics, textiles, metalwork and sculpture. Published to coincide with an exhibition organized by the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, this volume presents over 160 items from Lima's Larco Collection, each accompanied by explanatory text. The objects include examples of intricate gold and silver jewellery, head-dresses and ceremonial vessels which show how the working of precious metals reached its zenith in ancient Peru. Ceramics from Moche, Chimu and other cultures portray scenes of shamanism, ritual drama, mythology and warfare. Objects range from a copper mask portraying a fanged deity to mosaic earplugs inlaid with precious shell and stone. Accompanying the illustrations are essays from experts in the field of Peruvian art, including Kathleen Berrin, Elizabeth P. Benson and Richard L. Burger.
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The superabundance of Middle Andean pre-Columbian treasures reposing in the Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera, Lima, are without quantitative or qualitative equal. This handsomely illustrated catalog of an exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco is an exquisite sampling of some 160 objects from that stellar collection. Although examples from all aspects of the artistic tradition of ancient Peru are reflected in this exhibition, the collector's preference for the northern coastal ceramics of the Moche culture is evident. Among the several prefatory essays is a succinct overview of the historical, environmental, and ideological context in which these artistic traditions flourished. The comprehensively illustrated catalog contains fully elaborated discussions of the objects' forms, techniques, iconography, and probable provenances. Although the book is wanting in stylistic analysis, the convincing elucidation of context and content make for a substantial and significant contribution to general collections.?Robert Cahn, Fashion Inst. of Technology, New York
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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