Andean Baroque

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Andean Baroque is a distinctive artistic and architectural style that emerged in the Andean region during the colonial period, blending European Baroque forms with Indigenous and local cultural elements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
artistic style
cultural phenomenon
developedInCentury 18th century
emergedInCentury 17th century
emergedInPeriod colonial period
hasAlternativeName Andean Baroque
surface form: Andean Colonial Baroque

Andean Baroque
surface form: Barroco Andino
hasCharacteristic abundant sculptural decoration
complex altarpieces
didactic religious imagery
fusion of European and Indigenous motifs
gilded interiors
integration of flora and fauna motifs
ornate façades
painted mural decoration
use of Indigenous symbols in Christian contexts
use of local stone
use of polychrome wood carving
hasCulturalContext Andes
Spanish America
Viceroyalty of Peru
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
surface form: Viceroyalty of Upper Peru
hasFunction evangelization
expression of local identity
religious instruction
hasMedium altarpiece design
architecture
painting
sculpture
woodcarving
hasNotableBuildingType Catholic church
cathedral
monastery
hasNotableCenter Cusco
La Paz
Potosí
Quito
hasRegion Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
northern Chile
northwestern Argentina
surface form: northwest Argentina

southern Colombia
hasTheme Christian religious narratives
syncretism of Christian and Indigenous beliefs
influencedBy Catholic iconography
Baroque
surface form: European Baroque

Indigenous Andean traditions
Spanish Baroque
pre-Columbian art
relatedTo Andean Baroque self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cusco School of painting

Colonial Baroque
surface form: Latin American Baroque
usesMaterial adobe
gold leaf
local volcanic stone
silver decoration

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colonial Baroque hasRegionalVariant Andean Baroque
Capilla del Rosario artHistoricalPeriod Andean Baroque
this entity surface form: New Spanish Baroque
Casa de los Azulejos architecturalStyle Andean Baroque
this entity surface form: New Spanish Baroque
Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa architecturalStyle Andean Baroque
this entity surface form: Mestizo Baroque
San Lorenzo Church architecturalStyle Andean Baroque
Andean Baroque hasAlternativeName Andean Baroque
this entity surface form: Barroco Andino
Andean Baroque hasAlternativeName Andean Baroque
this entity surface form: Andean Colonial Baroque
Andean Baroque relatedTo Andean Baroque self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cusco School of painting
Plateresque influenced Andean Baroque
this entity surface form: Peruvian Plateresque