The «pueblo de indios» was the socio-political, religious and territorial organisation into which the indigenous settlements were transformed during the New Spain regime. Their layout was often distributed along a river and on one side of the hills of pre-Hispanic sacredness, as can be seen in the paintings that depicted...
In March 1568, the first Jesuit expedition arrived at the port of Callao and soon after, the San Pablo School and Church was created in Lima, today known as the San Pedro Church. The historical and artistic importance of this architectural jewel of the viceroyalty period, built more than 400...
History, faith and tradition converge in this book that offers an extensive study on the devotion of the Lord of Miracles, patron of the city of Lima. From history, anthropology, architecture, history of art, restoration, music and gastronomy, readers are offered an overview of this devotion that has transcended the...
The present book, volume XLVII of the collection Arte y Tesoros del Perú, is the first of two volumes dedicated to the study of Andean artistic production that emerged from the encounter between two cultural traditions, that is, the Spanish and the native ones. The Inca empire came to an...
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Iconology of the perugian Cesare Ripa is one of the most influential emblematic and iconographic books of the 17th century. Its first edition of 1593 was printed without illustrations. The Roman of 1603, here presented, appeared with more than 150 engravings whose representations and descriptions sought to illustrate poets, painters and...