High Roads to Colonial Art - "Escuela Cuzqueña" Influence in the Philippines
One of the wood panel paintings -"San Cristobal" in Paete Church, Laguna. By Jose Luciano Dans (1805 - 1870) Wiki One curios load of the "Nao de China" or the trading galleons of the Manila - Acapulco carried to the Far East in the early 17thh Century were objects for the propagation of the Christian faith -- religious artworks. It was one of great importance for religious orders. The duties whatsoever were waved as it was seen as of importanc e. The markets and ports of Nueva Espana were flooded with both merchants and copiers of religious art. There was somehow a prevailing norm or an art form prevalent in the Americas. And it's origin was high above the clouds, in the Andes. In the former capital of the Inca empire, Cusco Peru. This Catholic religious artistic tradition came to be known as "Escuela Cuzqueña" (The Cuzco School ). In the early years of evangelization of the Americas, the art of painting religious themes also began to flourish