{"id":3156,"date":"2011-10-13T18:31:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T23:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ferturperu.info\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2015-12-30T16:04:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T21:04:54","slug":"the-beauty-of-moche-religious-art-abounds-at-the-larco-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/2011\/the-beauty-of-moche-religious-art-abounds-at-the-larco-museum\/3156\/","title":{"rendered":"The beauty of Moche religious art abounds at the Larco Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Moche controlling a dozen fertile river valleys along what is now Peru&#8217;s northern Pacific coast from about 300 to 850 C.E. (Common Era).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their artisan class were among the most accomplished ceramic workers in the world, meticulously documenting in highly realistic fired-clay artifacts their culture, population, religion, architecture and agriculture, their wars, ceremonies and burials, their medicine, arts and sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/museolarco.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/pieza-de-la-semana-el-felino-rampante.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Moche-Rampant-Feline-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Moche Rampant Feline\" class=\"wp-image-3157\" title=\"Moche Rampant Feline\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Moche-Rampant-Feline-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Moche-Rampant-Feline.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheer beauty of their art surpasses time. Nowhere can you find a more complete and beautiful collection of these inspiring artifacts than at the Larco Museum in Lima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;Rampant Feline&#8221; (AKA: Moon Dog): This piece is a mystical animal, part feline, part bird, sharing one mystic turquoise eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The zoomorphic character refers to the concept of cosmic duality, an important facet of pre-Columbian religions. The decorative inlaid mother of pearl possibly represents the snake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inlaid, triangle-shaped steps below the stirrup spout are symbolic of the union between the underworld (snake), the earthly world (feline) and the celestial world (bird).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The piece as a whole expresses a spiritual notion of those three realms in an intriguing union of powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/rampant-feline-in-larco-museum.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/rampant-feline-in-larco-museum-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Rampant Feline in its display case in the Larco Museum\" class=\"wp-image-3165\" title=\"Rampant Feline in its display case in the Larco Museum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/rampant-feline-in-larco-museum-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/rampant-feline-in-larco-museum.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Contact Fertur Peru Travel about designing your custom holiday to visit the Larco Museum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/peru-packages\/moche-archaeological-tour\/\">Peru&#8217;s magnificent northern coast<\/a> and Machu Picchu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moche controlling a dozen fertile river valleys along what is now Peru&#8217;s northern Pacific coast from about 300 to 850 C.E. 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