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Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, Published date: 1978. Softcover, printed paper wrappers; xvi, 206 pp; 27 cm. Revised edition. Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations, some color plates, and map.
In good condition. Pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light scuffing to edges and spine with mild color loss. Light creasing to spine but binding remains firm. Interior pages lightly toned but otherwise unmarked. A solid, well preserved example of this traveling exhibition catalog organized by the Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, and presented at the Heard Museum and the Denver Art Museum (1978-1979). Scholarly study of Moche iconography and symbolic communication by Christopher B. Donnan, synthesizing archaeological, historical, and ethnographic evidence and introducing thematic interpretations including the Presentation Theme and the nonsecular nature of Moche art. Contents include: Introduction; Moche art; The symbolic nature of Moche art; Media; Canons; The Moche artist; Chronology; The archaeological record; Fauna and flora; Implements; Headdress; Dress and ornament; Architecture; The historical record; The ethnographic record; The thematic approach to Moche art - the presentation theme; The nonsecular nature of Moche art.