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 Anónimo cuzqueño, active for three centuries (XVI, XVII and XVIII)

• Were Peruvian painters active during XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries.
• Various authors some known and other anonymous who worked in workshops jointly under the direction of a recognized teacher.
• Cuzco painting is characterized by the use of exclusively religious themes, and the predominance of red, yellow and earth colors.
• They are also notable for their abundant use of gold leaf.
• The designation "Cuzcoña", is not limited to the city of Cuzco or indigenous artists, as Creoles also participated in the tradition.
• Most Cuzco paintings were created anonymously due to pre-Columbian traditions that define art as communal.
• During the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth century Cusco painting was influenced by Italian and Flemish painters.
• The arrival of the Italian painter Bernardo Bitti in 1583 marks the beginning of the development of Cuzco art.
• This Jesuit introduced in Cuzco one of the fashionable currents in Europe of the time, Mannerism.
• Another of the great exponents of Cuzco Art and Mannerism are the painters Luis de Riaño, Diego Quispe Tito, Basilio de Santa Cruz Pumacallao and in eighteenth century Marcos Zapata.