The iconography of Moche winged figures

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dc.contributor.advisorBourget, Steve, 1956-en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGuernsey, Juliaen
dc.creatorEarle, Wendy Roseen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-19T19:08:06Zen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-19T19:08:22Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:20:23Z
dc.date.available2010-10-19T19:08:06Zen
dc.date.available2010-10-19T19:08:22Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:20:23Z
dc.date.issued2010-08en
dc.date.submittedAugust 2010en
dc.date.updated2010-10-19T19:08:22Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThe Moche fineline painting corpus contains hundreds of representations of winged figures, but these have never been analyzed as a group. This thesis is an investigation of these winged figures, focusing on iconographic methodology. I have identified and categorized representations of birds (ducks, the Falconidae family, owls,hummingbirds, vultures and condors, etc.), mammals (bats) and insects (dragonflies) in the fineline paintings. Special attention has been paid to genus and family, including the attributes and behaviors of these animals. This has yielded several important observations about how the Moche represented and linked winged figures. In the second part of this thesis I use semiotic analysis to consider winged figures as symbols rather than naturalistic representations. I also examine anthropomorphic winged figures, and analyze the interpretive possibilities and the implications of these interpretations.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1930en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectMocheen
dc.subjectIconographyen
dc.subjectBirdsen
dc.subjectBatsen
dc.subjectDragonfliesen
dc.subjectWingen
dc.subjectSemiotic theoryen
dc.titleThe iconography of Moche winged figuresen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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