By Matthew Harris, Museum Intern The Moche civilization existed in northern Peru, near what is present day Trujillo, from the about 100 to 700A.D. There is much debate about the political organization of the Moche civilization with scholars arguing between a more centralized state and diffuse set of autonomous zones, sharing a common culture. Society […]
Posts from July 2017
The Masculine Ideal Then and Now
By: Anna Doctor, Museum Intern St. Joseph, the foster father to Jesus Christ, has never really seen much of the spotlight in European Christian liturgy and art. When he is shown he is typically depicted as a haggard, old man sitting off to the side who rarely engages with the Christ child. Francesco Granacci, a […]