February is National Embroidery Month
Like Mesoamerica, the central Andes Mountains in South America – primarily Bolivia and Peru – developed complex hierarchical societies with rich and varied artistic traditions. Unlike the ...
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Textiles of Ancient Peru
The textiles of ancient Peru—woven in every known technique for more than three thousand years—represent some of the highest artistic achievements of the cultures in that region. Textiles ...
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Peruvian Splendor: Wari Culture
If you are one of those folks (I’m not) who believe that the highest point in aesthetics was attained in the art of ancient Greece and Rome, then you probably do consider the period after the do ...
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