Image Encounters: Moche Murals and Archaeo Art History

by Lisa Trever

Book Overview

2022 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize, Bard Graduate Center

A landmark study of ancient Peruvian Moche mural art.

Moche murals of northern Peru represent one of the great, yet still largely unknown, artistic traditions of the ancient Americas. Created in an era without written scripts, these murals are key to understandings of Moche history, society, and culture. In this first comprehensive study on the subject,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477324275
• ISBN13: 9781477324271
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 10.9"