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Abstract:
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The 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 . |