In this episode of the Passion, Jesus is brought by a crowd to Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judea. Pilate is dressed in Oriental costume and stands atop a complex of stairs; to the left an armed crowd holds Jesus captive, and to the right a man lists his crimes.

 

This face-neck jar, a common form that correlates the storage vessel with the human figure, reflects aspects of elite feasting and the use of vibrant polychrome slip paints developed on the south coa

This serving vessel reflects aspects of elite feasting and the use of vibrant polychrome slip paints developed on the south coast, applied here to profile zoomorphic faces that encircle the flaring bowl and exude plant forms that likely represent maize.

In the early 20th century, the term "minimalism" was used to refer an impersonal, austere style of painting and sculpture characterized by simplicity of form and the use industrially processed materials. From the early 1960s, minimalism came to refer primarily to the three dimensional works of artists such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Robert Morris, and Sol Lewitt; Judd and Morris both wrote influential critical texts about minimalism.