Image encounters : Moche murals and archaeo art history /
"In this book, Lisa Trever develops an interdisciplinary methodology ("archaeo-art history") to interpret artworks located in deep history, long before the use of written scripts. In order to "read" these murals, scholars must be sensitive to the material evidence and visual...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "In this book, Lisa Trever develops an interdisciplinary methodology ("archaeo-art history") to interpret artworks located in deep history, long before the use of written scripts. In order to "read" these murals, scholars must be sensitive to the material evidence and visual perception in deciphering these images. This is the first truly comprehensive study of Moche murals of northern Peru, which represent one of the great, still largely unknown artistic traditions of the ancient Americas, as well as the first art historical analysis of newly discovered murals at the site of Pañamarca that make a striking aesthetic break from earlier Moche sites. Trever also endeavors to place Moche mural art within the broader South American contexts of deeply ancient (ca. 5000 BCE) Pacific coastal traditions of bodily image-making and figural "graffiti.""-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781477324264 1477324267 9781477324271 1477324275 |