Anthropomorphic vessel Viru formative period 1250 BC - 1 AD Museo de Arte Precolombino, Cusco - Peru The majesty of the character depicted does not require any further attributes or bejeweled adornments; the superfluous has been sacrificed in view - and for the sake - of the importance of the human representation that, in all its plentitude, incorporates itself into the pantheon of the divinities of the Viru culture and the people of the Formative Period. The capacity to synthetize concepts and forms generates in this piece an evident dynamism that surrounds the more prominent facial feature
The majesty of the character depicted does not require any further attributes or bejeweled adornments; the superfluous has been sacrificed in view - and for the sake - of the importance of the human representation that, in all its plentitude, incorporates itself into the pantheon of the divinities of the Viru culture and the people of the Formative Period. The capacity to synthetize concepts and forms generates in this piece an evident dynamism that surrounds the more prominent facial features and produces a geometric equilibrium resulting in a perfect union with the general roundness that characterizes it.
Size: 3385px × 4512px
Location: Cusco, Peru
Photo credit: © Stefano Ravera / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archaeological, archaeology, archeological, archeology, art, artifact, artifacts, cusco, cuzco, history, peru, peruvian, prehispanic, sculpture, virú
