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Escuela Cusqueña

Denomination that receive the artists of Cusco, in the style that was inspired in the pieces made by Bernardo Bitti (1548-1610) pupil of Miguel Angel, Mateo de Alessio (1547? - 1631) and Angélico Medoro (1565-1632?), and it was created by Gregorio Gamarra in 1680.

They had in common compositions of traditional religious figures, of exquisite decoration, with abundance of flowers and gold.

They used the technique of the "stew" that consists in gilding on cloth or wood, and then scraped to discover the original gilding.


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