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The Virgin of the Apocalypse, Museo Bello y González, Puebla. Villalpando's early works attest to the influence of Peter Paul Rubens; [3] however, as his style continued to develop, he moved away from the extremes of vivid coloring and excessive robustness to a more measured style, using a broad palette and incorporating more of the New World painting traditions. [3]
In 1760, Cabrera created The Virgin of the Apocalypse, which describes the chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation. [12] He is also known for his posthumous portrait of the seventeenth-century poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Cabrera is currently most famous for his casta paintings.
The Quito School (Escuela Quiteña) is a Latin American colonial 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 (1542–1824 ...
The Virgin of Quito (Spanish, La Virgen de Quito) — also known as the Virgin of the Apocalypse, Winged Virgin of Quito, Dancing Madonna, and Legarda's Virgin — is a wooden sculpture by the Quiteño artist Bernardo de Legarda (ca. 1700-1773) which has become the most representative example of the Quito School of art, developed in the Ecuadorian capital during the Spanish colonial era.
The codex features the Commentary on the Apocalypse by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, of which 26 illustrated copies are known to exist, paired with Jerome's commentary on the Book of Daniel. [1] The Gerona Beatus was probably created at the monastery of Tabara in northwest Spain, [5] [1] being completed on July 6, 975.
It is estimated that Correa produced around 500 paintings for churches and private patrons during the course of his life. His themes are mainly catholic. [6] His early style was described by Ilona Katzew (LACMA curator) as having a "vibrant palette, elegant composition, and overall emphasis on decorative details [, and] subtle color gradations that provide a sense of iridescence and contribute ...
Juan Calzadilla (born 1931), poet, painter and art critic; Julio Maragall (born 1936), sculptor; Harry Abend (1937–2021) Balthazar Armas (1941–2015), contemporary and abstract movement painter; Paul del Rio (1943–2015), sculptor and painter; Jorge Blanco (born 1945), artist, sculptor, graphic designer, illustrator and humorist; Patricia ...
Detail of the votive crown of Reccesuinth, from the Treasure of Guarrazar, now in Madrid.The hanging letters spell [R]ECCESVINTUS REX OFFERET [King R. offers this]. [6]The Christianized Visigoths ruled Iberia after the collapse of the Empire, and the rich 7th century Treasure of Guarrazar, probably deposited to avoid looting in the Muslim Conquest of Spain, is now a unique survival of ...