Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru

by Christopher B. Donnan

Of all the ancient civilizations that flourished in the Americas, only one perfected true portraiture of living people and produced it in quantity--the Moche who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately AD 100 and 800. Using the medium of three-dimensional ceramic vessels that could have contained liquid, Moche artisans typically formed the heads of the individuals they wished to portray, though sometimes they presented full figures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292716222
• ISBN13: 9780292716223
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.2"