“For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it / But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
Location Country: Peru
Portraits can be so much more than a person's likeness — they can be personal, commemorative and deeply political.
Portrait Painting in the Viceroyalty of Peru
Sinners depicted along the lower register receive an array of bodily tortures; the souls in heaven, by contrast, surround the ascended Christ in an orderly formation.
Diego Quispe Tito, Last Judgment, 1675
Cuzco School paintings came into such high demand that they were exported to patrons residing in far-flung cities located in present-day Chile and Argentina, and even Italy.
Our Lady of Cocharcas and the ...
The inhabitants of the Andes developed a stunning visual tradition that lasted over 10,000 years before the Spanish invasion of South America in 1532.
Introduction to Ancient Andean Art
Stereotypical folkloric scenes were widely circulated, shaping perceptions of Latin America at home and abroad.
Costumbrismo
These images carved into the desert floor cannot be truly appreciated from the ground—so who were they made for?
Nasca Geoglyphs
Corpus Christi processions celebrate Christ as victor and allude to the triumph of Christianity over paganism.
Parish of San Sebastián, Procession of Corpus ...
The Inka emperor hosted feasts, performed religious ceremonies, and ruled his empire from this remote citadel.
Machu Picchu
It has been argued that Cusco was laid out in the shape of a puma, symbolizing Inka might.
