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The famous colonial Cusco School of Painting, is characterized by its originality and high artistic value, which can be seen as a result of the confluence of two powerful currents: the Western artistic tradition on the one hand, and the desire Indians and mestizos painters to express their reality and their world view, on the other.
The Spanish contribution, and in general European Cuzco School painting, is given from very early times, when it starts building the great cathedral of Cusco. Is the arrival of the Italian painter Bernardo Bitti in 1583. Continue reading