Ceremonial funerary mask Vicus formative period 1250 BC - 1 AD Museo de Arte Precolombino, Cusco - Peru This mask exemplify the artistic elements of the Vicus culture. The facial characteristics, laden with a great geometric sense, exaggeratedly enhance details such as eyebrows, ears and teeth. It is possible to perceive the evident intention to simplify human representation by means of reducing expression to its minimal substance. From remote times human beings conceal, or sublimate their own "human" condition in order to aquire - however temporarily - the essence of superior beings.
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E2ADX1File size:
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3455 x 4608 px | 29.3 x 39 cm | 11.5 x 15.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
23 May 2014Location:
Cusco, PeruMore information:
This mask exemplify the artistic elements of the Vicus culture. The facial characteristics, laden with a great geometric sense, exaggeratedly enhance details such as eyebrows, ears and teeth. It is possible to perceive the evident intention to simplify human representation by means of reducing expression to its minimal substance. From remote times human beings conceal, or sublimate their own "human" condition in order to aquire - however temporarily - the essence of superior beings.