Description
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive study of Moche mural art, this landmark book develops a methodology of archaeo art history to examine image-making and visual experience in an era of ancient Peruvian history before the use of writing.
Trade Review[
Image Encounters] offers a vibrant and compelling study of Andean mural painting, especially for the Moche (or Mochica) culture. It revels in the complexity that the subject demands...as a highly original study of the medium in Moche culture, not to mention its innovative theoretical apparatus to consider the logic, understandings, and experience of Andean mural painting more broadly, Trever’s volume is absolutely essential and there is much to recommend...Image Encounters affords a breath-taking tour of this least studied of Andean monumental arts, and extends guidance to consider Moche imagery, image-making, and society anew. Demanding, eclectic, and thoughtful throughout. * 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual *
Image Encounters is an exceedingly thoughtful and carefully crafted book . . . It will not only serve as the defining study of Moche murals for years to come but also substantially reframe scholarly understandings of the origins of wall art—and perhaps even art generally—in the ancient Andes. * Latin American and Latinx Visual Art *
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: Image Encounters
Chapter 1. Mural Origins and Coastal Corporealities
Chapter 2. Ancestral Divinities, Norcosteño Design, and the Aesthetics of Replication in Moche Mural Art (200–650 CE)
Chapter 3. Siting Narratives: Moche Mural Painting and the Condensation of a Medium (650–850 CE)
Chapter 4. Archaeo-Iconology: An Archaeology of Image Experience and Response
Conclusions. On the Huaca
Notes
Bibliography
Index
