Groups would travel to ceremonial centers for religious events and feasts, where they would celebrate and exchange luxury goods. Video: The desert around the ancient Nazca Chauchilla Cemetery, PeruĪudio: …in the first half of the first millennium Common Era…Īudio: …that the Nazca people were principally an agricultural society organized into family groups or chiefdoms. Video: An aerial shot of the Nazca Valley, PeruĪudio: The Nazca culture flourished on Peru’s south coast… Video: The coastline of the Paracas National Park in Peru Video: A map showing the area of Nazca influence, on the Pacific coast We do not know exactly where it was made, but the tunic’s design motif and…Īudio: …impressive state of preservation suggest that it is from the… Video: A portrait of a blue-and-yellow macaw in the Peruvian jungleĪudio: …were attached one by one to a plain-weave cotton underlayer using a hand-spun cotton thread.Īudio: Given the pristine condition of this textile, it is incredible to consider that it was likely made about a millennium and a half ago, between the fifth and seventh centuries of the Common Era, or around the years 400 and 600…Īudio: …a date determined by radiocarbon testing of the feathers. Video: A close-up view of the center of Feather TunicĪudio: The blue and red concentric rectangles in the center would have framed the wearer’s neck…Īudio: …adorning the front and back of the wearer’s body in thousands of brilliant, shimmering… Video: Thomas Campbell standing next to Feather TunicĪudio: …but it was once worn as a tunic by a high-ranking member of the Nazca people, a pre-Hispanic Andean society. Video: Thomas Campbell standing next to Feather TunicĪudio: We’ve set it up today for a special viewing for Masterpiece Moment, where you’ll have the rare opportunity to view it.Īudio: This beautiful textile is displayed flat, highlighting its striking geometric composition… To protect its condition, it is not often on display. Video: Feather Tunic, 400–600 CE, Nazca artistĪudio: This magnificent object is fragile and particularly sensitive to light. Today, I want to talk about one of my favorite works from our collection-a feathered tunic from ancient Peru housed at the de Young-and I want to tell you why I think it is truly a masterpiece. On-screen text: Thomas Campbell, Director and CEO, Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoĪudio-Thomas Campbell: Hello, I’m Thomas Campbell, Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco-the de Young and the Legion of Honor. Welcome to Bank of America’s Masterpiece Moment. Video: Thomas Campbell, Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – the de young and the Legion of Honor, standing next to Feather Tunic, 400-600 CE On-screen text: Feather Tunic, 400–600 CE, Nazca artist (ancient Peru), Feathers and cotton, 48 x 67 in. Video: Interior shots of the museum, landing on Feather Tunic, 400–600 CE, by a Nazca artist On-screen text: de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Video: An aerial shot of the de Young Museum, San Francisco, followed by a ground-level view E.686-1969.Graphic: Bank of America presents Masterpiece Moment Right: Design for Love in a Mist, drawing in pencil, watercolour, and gouache on album paper, by Arthur and Georgie Gaskin, about 1910, England. Left: Love in a Mist, enamelled silver set with pearls, by Arthur and Georgie Gaskin, about 1910, England. The V&A holds a scrapbook of their designs which gives a fascinating insight into their process. Initially their jewellery designs were relatively simple, typified by the use of wirework, but by the early 1900s their work become much more technically ambitious – encrusted with enamel and gemstones. Two key figures in the Arts and Crafts movement in Birmingham were Georgie Cave Gaskin (1866 – 1934), and her husband, Arthur Gaskin (1862 – 1928), who had met as students at the School of Art. The Birmingham School of Art held enamelling courses from 1893. In the 19th century, Birmingham, in the English midlands, was a thriving centre of the jewellery trade, and the city developed one of the most progressive art schools for silversmithing and enamelling in the country.
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