Moche Fineline Painting : Its Evolution and Its Artists

Christopher B. Donan and Donna McClelland

ISBN 10: 0930741781 / ISBN 13: 9780930741785

Published by UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angele, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moche Fineline Painting : Its Evolution and Its Artists
• Publisher: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angele
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930741781
• ISBN 13: 9780930741785
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The Moche culture, which flourished on the north coast of Peru between 100 and 800 BCE, has been known to art historians and archaeologists for over a century. Only recently, however, with the discovery of the fabulous Royal Tombs of Sipan, have the Moche become as well known to the public as the Inca, who appeared several centuries later. This book traces the fineline painting tradition from the beginning to the end of the Moche culture. Although the Moche had no writing system, they left a vivid artistic record of their beliefs and activities in beautifully modeled and painted ceramics. Because of their complexity and wide range of subject matter, these paintings provide a wealth of information about Moche civilization.