The UCLA/Getty Conservation Program joins with the Fowler Museum at UCLA to co-host a virtual lecture by Luis A. Muro Ynoñán on December 5, 11am PT.
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"Taming the Desert: Resilience, Religion, and Ancestors in Ancient Peru"
Luis A. Muro Ynoñán will discuss the exhibition Taming the Desert: Resilience,Religion, and Ancestors in Ancient Peru, which features Moche and Nasca ceramics and textiles from the collections of LACMA and the Fowler. The lecture will be followed by a conversation between Muro Ynoñán, UCLA Professor of Art History and Conservation of Material Culture Glenn Wharton, and Fowler Senior Curator Erica P. Jones about how this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to glimpse two parallel pre-Hispanic modes of artistic expression in dialogue with each other.
Unidentified artists, vessel, 450-650 CE, Moche III-IV Style, Peru; molded ceramic, pigment; Fowler Museum at UCLA, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lucas Jr., X86.3747
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Glenn Wharton
Chair/Professor, Art History Department
UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
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