Figurine Chimu Imperial period 1300 AD - 1352 AD Museo de Arte Precolombino, Cusco - Peru Figurine, or stylized and sometimes almost insinuated human representations have constituted a form of representing human beings and through these move towards an understanding of the creator. Attempting the exercise of viewing them through the eyes of someone who lived centuries ago would be surprised at one's own reflection in these images, where the unfinished detail is completed by our vision, converting them into exponents of delicacy and form, grace and movement. Again, esthetics show a leaning tow
Figurine, or stylized and sometimes almost insinuated human representations have constituted a form of representing human beings and through these move towards an understanding of the creator. Attempting the exercise of viewing them through the eyes of someone who lived centuries ago would be surprised at one's own reflection in these images, where the unfinished detail is completed by our vision, converting them into exponents of delicacy and form, grace and movement. Again, esthetics show a leaning towards harmony, whilst beauty remains bound to time.
Size: 3455px × 4608px
Location: Cusco, Peru
Photo credit: © Stefano Ravera / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archaeological, archaeology, archeological, archeology, art, artifact, artifacts, chimu, chimú, cusco, cuzco, history, peru, peruvian, prehispanic, sculpture
