Moche Pottery (Art no.18) by sandra46
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These are two vases from the Peruvian pre-Columbian culture of the Moche at the Museum of Regards in Covignano-Rimini, Italy. The woman caught in the mirror is a PR friend of mine.
The museum of Regards, according to its board of directors,among them the well known French anthropologist Marc Augé, tries to render its visitors more attentive to the reflective dimension of our relationship with the art of the others, by revealing it from the different aspects that it has assumed according to our gaze as Westerners during the historical construction of museums. Hence the play of the mirrors in the exhibition, in this case illustrating the collectors' gaze.
The Moche culture reigned on the north coast of Peru in the years 100-700 A.D. Several ideologically and artistically similar states were reckoned among the culture. Warrior priests that exercised temporal and religious power ruled the Moche society. The Moche ceramists created both sculptural and plain paint-ornamented vessels. The most popular vessel form was the traditional stirrup spout vessel. All vessels were made with the help of a mould. Animals and plants of the coast and scenes of human life and mythology were the decorative motifs of the Moche ceramics. Despite the individual way of depiction, the grandest Moche ceramics helped to justify and reinforce the ideology of the Moche culture and the power of its aristocracy.The most important of the religious rituals of the Moche was apparently the sacrificial ceremony, in which prisoners of ritual wars were sacrificed to gods. Other central scenes of the Moche ceramics are, among other things, funerals of high-ranking persons, hunting of elks and sea lions plus fights between human and supernatural beings. Here you can see a vessel showing an aristocratic building in the foreground and another in the background with a painted fight on the 'body', and a suffering character composing the 'stirrup' spout.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (42)
Mondwin
Fantastic and fabulous pottery my Dear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bravissima!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
redchilicat
Really neat image, love the postwork!
magnus073
Wonderful work on this one Sandra, this really is the most beautiful pottery I've ever seen. Enjoyed the history on it very much and like the clever idea the museum had with the mirrors.
jayfar
The reflection adds to the effect. Nice one.
MrsLubner
vibrant, visually appealing and exceptional postwork.
Hendesse
Fantastic image, I love the colors.
durleybeachbum
Fabulous obects! I love that concept of display, which your pic illustrates so well.
mgtcs
Marvelous patterns Sandra, this is a very precious photo, congratulations!
dochtersions
So fantastic to see this pottery, Sandra. Its such a beautiful, and special art.
brycek
Magnificent pottery..nice capture!!
virginiese
very interesting potery and thanks for your explanations ! I didn't know this culture !
claude19
You're a real explorer of the wealth of other nations than Italy, which, however, should give you chills of discoverer! Very nice original picture, which reflects the interest of this curious staging ... BRAVO and THANK YOU again!
renecyberdoc
another trip into art and history always a pleasure.
flora-crassella
very interesting picture!
mariogiannecchini
Le tue escursioni in tutti i generi artistici sono ormai lezioni irrinunciabili, colme di bellezze dal punto di vista grafico e di grande interesse dal punto di vista descrittivo-storico.
drifterlee
Gorgeous shot and colors!
lucindawind
fantastic !
MOSKETON
FANTASTICA.
Madbat
It's hard to believe that pottery is 1300+ years old! It looks like something you'd buy in an ordinary antique shop.
Faemike55
Excellent photography and great narration.
Richardphotos
I always wanted to try making pottery but another thing I never pursued.really some beautiful stuff and shot
Radar_rad-dude
Very colorful and superb photo manip! Most excellent accompanying verse too!
alessimarco
Marvelously colorful capture!!
lyron
Wonderful picture!!
Minda
great work sandra..
bazza
Lovely capture of these vases and super history lesson on the Moche culture.. well done..
Darkwish
You did very lovely pic.
wysiwig
I wonder if I can get college credit for visiting your gallery? ;) Your posts are always so informative. Wonderful image, you've captured the details very so well.
SIGMAWORLD
Interesting.
artistheat
Great Colors and Image