Quito School of Art

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artistic movement colonial art school

The Quito School of Art is a renowned colonial-era artistic tradition in Ecuador known for its distinctive religious paintings and sculptures that blend European baroque styles with indigenous influences.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Quito School	1
Quito School of Art canonical	1
Quito School of painting	1
Quito School of sculpture	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic movement ⓘ colonial art school ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Escuela Quiteña ⓘ Quito School of Art ⓘ surface form: Quito School
artForm	painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
associatedWith	Quito School of Art self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quito School of painting Quito School of Art self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quito School of sculpture
characteristic	combination of European and indigenous motifs ⓘ dramatic realism ⓘ expressive facial features ⓘ polychrome wood sculpture ⓘ rich ornamentation ⓘ use of gold leaf ⓘ
country	Ecuador ⓘ
culturalSignificance	major expression of colonial art in the Andes ⓘ symbol of Quito’s artistic heritage ⓘ
floruit	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
genre	religious art ⓘ
hasNotableArtist	Bernardo de Legarda ⓘ Isabel de Santiago ⓘ Manuel Chili Caspicara ⓘ Miguel de Santiago ⓘ Nicolás Javier de Goríbar ⓘ
heritageStatus	recognized as part of the cultural heritage of Ecuador ⓘ
influencedBy	Catholic iconography ⓘ Italian Baroque art ⓘ Spanish Baroque art ⓘ indigenous Andean traditions ⓘ
languageContext	Spanish ⓘ
mainLocation	Quito ⓘ
notableCenter	Church of La Compañía de Jesús ⓘ Cathedral of Quito ⓘ surface form: Quito Cathedral Quito ⓘ surface form: San Francisco de Quito
producedFor	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church religious orders ⓘ
region	Andean region ⓘ
relatedTo	Colonial Baroque ⓘ surface form: Latin American Baroque Spanish colonial art ⓘ
startTime	16th century ⓘ
style	Baroque ⓘ
timePeriod	colonial era ⓘ
typicalSubject	Catholic saints ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Christ Virgin Mary ⓘ biblical scenes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Cathedral of Quito → artSchool → Quito School of Art ⓘ

Quito School of Art → associatedWith → Quito School of Art self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quito School of sculpture

Quito School of Art → associatedWith → Quito School of Art self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quito School of painting

Quito School of Art → alsoKnownAs → Quito School of Art ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quito School