Object Notes

Piet Mondrian referred to his artistic practice of abstraction as neoplasticism, or new structuring.

The ceramics of northern Peru are distinguished by their stirrup-shaped spouts, sculptural forms, and monochromatic gray-black color. The vessels associated with the Cupisnique culture often have a highly burnished surface. On one side of this handsome vessel, a reclining jaguar faces the viewer; on the other it turns to face its tail.

During the first millennium BCE, the Chavín art style achieved its fullest development at the site of Chavín de Huántar in the Peruvian northern highlands. The first sophisticated Andean goldwork was produced during the fluorescence of Chavín culture and bears its symbols, the most influential of which was the principal deity, the Staff God.