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Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro

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Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Escuela de San Francisco del Monte de Oro
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San Francisco del Monte de Oro, San Luis Province, Argentina

The Quito School is a Latin American artistic tradition that constitutes essentially the whole of the professional artistic output developed in the territory of the Royal Audience of Quito — from Pasto and Popayán in the north to Piura and Cajamarca in the south — during the Spanish colonial period . It is especially associated with the 17th and 18th centuries and was almost exclusively focused on the religious art of the Catholic Church in the country. Characterized by a mastery of the realistic and by the degree to which indigenous beliefs and artistic traditions are evident, these productions were among of the most important activities in the economy of the Royal Audience of Quito. Such was the prestige of the movement even in Europe that it was said that King Carlos III of Spain , referring to one of its sculptors in particular, opined: I am not concerned that Italy has Michelangelo; in my colonies of America I have the master Caspicara.
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