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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Moche Blackware Vessel Depicting an Erotic Scene, 1 CE - 200 CE

Moche Blackware Vessel Depicting an Erotic Scene, 1 CE - 200 CE

Terracotta
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What a joyous people the Moche of Ancient Peru must have been that they celebrated the pleasures of life in their sculpture! Like the ancient Egyptians and the Etruscans, their...
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What a joyous people the Moche of Ancient Peru must have been that they celebrated the pleasures of life in their sculpture! Like the ancient Egyptians and the Etruscans, their tomb art reflects not so much a preoccupation with death and the afterlife, as a delight in the sensuality of this world, and a desire to keep its joys intact. The approach to human sexuality on this centuries-old vase is so straightforward, so timeless, that it speaks to us with the same power that it did generations ago.
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