Pots, Pitchers and Bowls
Today I visited Museo Larco, the largest collection of pre-Columbian pottery in the world. I can't imagine it is a highly contested race, but this place is no doubt the winner. Much of the museum was set up like a library. Shelves from floor to 15 foot ceiling are packed with bowls, pitchers pots of all shapes and sizes. It appears that no piece of pottery was made without a picture or carving. Each giant shelf would have small marking explaining its hundreds of works, pots in the shape of crabs, bowls in the shape of cats, bowls in the shape of jaguars eating toads. A surprisingly popular genre.
My personal favorite piece was Woman Murdering Vampire. Judging from the breadth of this genre the pre-Columbian people were plagued by creatures of the night.
The artistry of the pieces was really amazing and the museum was definitely worth the visit.
Today I visited Museo Larco, the largest collection of pre-Columbian pottery in the world. I can't imagine it is a highly contested race, but this place is no doubt the winner. Much of the museum was set up like a library. Shelves from floor to 15 foot ceiling are packed with bowls, pitchers pots of all shapes and sizes. It appears that no piece of pottery was made without a picture or carving. Each giant shelf would have small marking explaining its hundreds of works, pots in the shape of crabs, bowls in the shape of cats, bowls in the shape of jaguars eating toads. A surprisingly popular genre.
My personal favorite piece was Woman Murdering Vampire. Judging from the breadth of this genre the pre-Columbian people were plagued by creatures of the night.
The artistry of the pieces was really amazing and the museum was definitely worth the visit.
posted by Terrell at 3:26 PM
1 Comments:
Sounds absolutely fabulous, Terrell. I'm curious if the descriptions were all in Spanish or if you had the luck of English translations. It does sound like the bowls and pots were pretty self-explanatory though!
Stay safe in those cabs and I would definitely not recommend renting a car!!
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