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Picture Worlds opens today at the Carlos Museum Picture Worlds: Greek, Maya, and Moche Pottery highlights the narrative power of terracotta vessels from three distinct ancient cultures. Featuring heroic adventures, divine encounters, and legendary events, these ceramics reveal how the Greeks, Maya, and Moche visualized their society, myths, and cosmos through art. Now on view at the Carlos Museum through Dec. 15, the exhibition explores storytelling as a dynamic means of social engagement. Experience the show and join a conversation with curators David Saunders and Megan O’Neil on Sun., Sept. 15 at 3 p.m.Image details from left to right: Mixing Bowl with Poseidon and Theseus, Greek, 480–470 BCE, Attributed to the Harrow Painter. Terracotta. Harvard Art Museums / Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, MA. Bequest of David M. Robinson. Image: © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College; Drinking Vessel with the Maize God and Other Supernaturals, Maya, 600–700 CE. Ceramic with polychrome slip. Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey. Gift of Stephanie H. Bernheim and Leonard H. Bernheim Jr. in honor of Gillett G. Griffin, 2005-127. Photo by Justin Kerr. Justin Kerr Maya Archive, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C.; Stirrup-Spout Vessel with a Presentation of Shells, Moche, 500–800 CE. Terracotta. Adapted from a photo by Museo Larco, Lima, Peru, ML013653. Design © 2024 J. Paul Getty Trust.