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Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, Published 1992. Paperback, 128 pp; 29 cm; printed in Hong Kong by Pearl River Printing Company; profusely illustrated with 234 color and black-and-white photographs of ceramic artifacts, line drawings, and color maps.
In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial paperback covers with light bumping to the edges and mild surface wear. Binding tight. Otherwise unmarked.Catalog of an exhibition of ancient Peruvian ceramics drawn from the Lucas Family Gallery at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA. Christopher B. Donnan, Professor of Anthropology at UCLA and one of the foremost scholars of Moche civilization, surveys the full sweep of Peruvian ceramic production from the Formative Period (Northern Styles, Paracas) through the Florescent Period (Nasca, Moche, Vicús, Recuay), the Huari Empire, the Period of Regional States (Lambayeque, Chimú, Chancay, Ica), and the Inca and Colonial Periods. An opening chapter on ceramic technology covers clay preparation, forming techniques, decorative methods (slip painting, burnishing, stamping, surface texturing), firing, and the whistling mechanisms found in Andean vessels. A closing chapter examines the broader Peruvian ceramic tradition: function, formal features, scale of production, secularization, and technological development. Photography by Denis J. Nervig; drawings by Donna McClelland; map design by Anthony Kluck; edited by Henrietta Cosentino; designed by Daniel B. Brauer. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ahmanson Foundation, the Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles, the Fowler Museum Endowment Fund, and Manus.Contents: Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. Ancient Peruvian Ceramic Technology (Clay; Forming Techniques; Pre-Fire Decorative Techniques; Firing Techniques; Post-Fire Decorative Techniques; Whistling Mechanisms); III. The Formative Period (The Northern Styles; Paracas); IV. The Florescent Period (Nasca; Moche; Vicús; Recuay); V. The Huari Empire (Huari); VI. The Period of Regional States (Lambayeque; Chimú; Chancay; Ica); VII. The Inca Empire and Colonial Period (Cuzco Inca; Chimú Inca; Colonial); VIII. The Peruvian Ceramic Tradition (Function of Elaborate Ceramics; Formal Features; Scale of Production; Mass Production; Increasing Secularization; Technological Development); Bibliography; Illustration Sources.