Punkuri mural art, nepeña, ancash

Authors

  • Lorenzo A. Samaniego Román Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima - Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v16i28.7374

Keywords:

Mural Art, Painting, Sculpture, Artistic Style, Andean worldview.

Abstract

Buildings constructed with hand-molded bricks of various shapes and then diligently coatings, such Punkuri (Nepeña) and Sechin (Casma) served for the use of color, running low and high relief, such as sculpture in the non-exempt being represented deities, mythical scenes-religious, with the intervention of man, fauna, flora and natural phenomena. The mural art of these buildings was linked to the religious, the worldview of the Andean people and is part of the visual language of the artists of the era, such as Punkuri that contributed to the development of artistic style Sechin, present in most of Archaic and Formative periods, probably between 4 000 to 1 000 years before Christ.

Author Biography

  • Lorenzo A. Samaniego Román, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima - Perú.

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Published

2012-06-18

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How to Cite

Samaniego Román, L. A. (2012). Punkuri mural art, nepeña, ancash. Investigaciones Sociales, 16(28), 15-33. https://doi.org/10.15381/is.v16i28.7374