The Virgin of the Andes : art and ritual in colonial Cuzco

Damian, Carol

The Virgin of the Andes : art and ritual in colonial Cuzco / Carol Damian - Miami Beach : Grassfield Press , 1995 - 110 p. : illus. ; 28 cm

Introduction : the Virgin Mary and the school of Cuzco The Andean contribution Inka ritual and beliefs Pachamama and the female deities of the Andes The Spanish iconography of the Virgin Mary The artists and workshops of Cuzco The Virgin of the Andes Epilogue Appendix. Indigenous artists of Cuzco ; Petition of Spanish painters, 1688

Reconstructs the history of the Virgin of Cuzco who, as a fusion of indigenous Andean and Spanish Christian beliefs and practices, represents both the Virgin Mary and Pachamama. Includes background chapters on Andean and Spanish beliefs and art.


English

9780962851483


Painting---History
Christian art and symbolism


Cuzco---Art

REF 704.94 DAM

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