1970.20.McD Tunic with animal figure (Peru, Nasca)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Nazca (Nasca) created textiles with a vibrant array of colors, similar to their ceramic arts, and refined this palette from the Early Intermediate Period (200 BCE-600 CE) through the Middle Horizon (600-1000 CE). This tunic reflects abstract and geometric motifs in alternating primary colors. It portrays animal figures with demarcated eyes, short limbs, and curled tails.

1976.W.2082 Bag with fringe (Peru, Nasca)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Nazca (Nasca) created textiles with a vibrant array of colors, similar to their ceramic arts, and refined this palette in the Middle Horizon (600-1000 CE). This bag is made of a simple red plain weave with supplemental designs in blue and yellow. The dynamic fringe along the base was a popular feature that continued throughout ancient Andean cultural history.

Düsseldorf School of Photography

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although it evolved in the mid-1970s, the German photographic movement known as the Düsseldorf School was dubbed as such by art critics in the late 1980s. The Düsseldorf School was centered at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and associated with the work and teaching of photographic team Bernd and Hilla Becher.

1989.W.2252 Bag with fringe (Peru, Nasca)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Nazca (Nasca) created textiles with a vibrant array of colors, similar to their ceramic arts, and refined this palette from the Early Intermediate Period (200 BCE-600 CE) through the Middle Horizon (600-1000 CE). This bag is made of simple plain-weave with supplemental designs in blue and yellow. Typical of late Nazca art, the abstract designs are set off with white tips and dark outlines.