Christopher B. Donnan
Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru
Austin:
University of Texas Press,
2003.
220 pp.; 258 color ills.; 52 b/w ills.
Cloth
$39.95
(0292716222)
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July 5, 2006
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Moche Portraits from Ancient Peru is a welcome addition to the literature on the art of ancient Peru. The Moche were a state-level society who prospered in the first seven or so centuries AD on the desert coast of what is now northern Peru. They were prolific and prodigious artists in many media, the most famous being metalwork, the most numerous being ceramics. The gold-filled graves at Sipán and other Moche sites have been discovered...