Donnan Christopher B Moche Ceramic Portraits

Considered one of the world s foremost authorities on the moche he is the author of many books.

Donnan christopher b moche ceramic portraits. Additional essays by hélène bernier. 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. Donnan christopher b and donna mcclelland. Moche portraits from ancient peru by christopher b.

Using the medium of three dimensional ceramic vessels that could have contained liquid moche artisans typically formed the heads of the individuals they wished. Considered one of the world s foremost experts on the moche he has studied this civilization for more than four decades combining the systematic analysis of moche art with numerous archaeological excavations in peru. Donnan the moche the moche inhabited an arid coastal plain bordered on the east by the andean cordillera and on the west by the pacific ocean. 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 with realistic portrait faces.

Unraveling the mystery of the warrior priest national geographic october 1988 551 555. Most of their settlements were located in a series of valleys whose rivers cut across the coastal plain carrying water from the mountains to the sea. Its evolution and its artists. It is likely that only a small percentage of the ceramic portraits produced by the moche were ultimately put in graves.

Donnan is professor of anthropology at ucla. Moche art of peru. Moche civilization flourished on the north coast of peru between 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.

Ucla fowler museum of cultural history 1978. Donnan is professor of anthropology at ucla. Donnan is an archaeologist. 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.

Ucla fowler museum of cultural history 1999. Most were probably broken while in use and their sherds simply. Donnan has traveled the world photographing moche artwork for purposes of publication recording both museum artifacts and private collections that would otherwise be unavailable to the public. Moche portraits from ancient peru christopher b.