Martín Chambi
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Martín Chambi Jiménez was a Peruvian photographer, originally from Puno, in southern Peru. He was one of the first major Indigenous Latin American photographers.
Martín Chambi, self-portrait (c. 1920). Photo: Main cloister of the Basilica of La Merced, Cusco, 1920.
Main cloister of the Basilica of La Merced, Cusco, Peru, photograph by Martín Chambi, 1920
Plaque indicating the former studio home of Martin Chambi in the city of Cusco.
Cusco school
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The Cusco school or Cuzco school, was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition based in Cusco, Peru during the Colonial period, in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It was not limited to Cusco only, but s
Martín Chambi
…1938: Opens studio gallery 1950: Cusco earthquake. End of the "Cusco School". After this, he gradually ceases to work actively as a photographer. 1958: Exposition in his honor on the occasion of 50 years of his career as a…
Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory, Circle of Diego Quispe Tito, 17th century, collection of the Brooklyn Museum
The Annunciation of the Virgin, painting by Luis de Riaño of 1632. Disciple in Lima of the Italian Angelino Medoro, Riaño was installed at Cusco to 1630, where his techniques and themes were very influential. Painting located at Museo Pedro de Osma de Barranco, Lima
Our Lady of Valvanera, c. 1770–80, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Last Supper, 1753, by Marcos Zapata, in the Cuzco Cathedral. The festive animal to be consumed is a guinea pig.