Chilote school of religious imagery explained

Chilote school of religious imagery
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Label1:Localization
Data1:Chiloé Archipelago,
Label2:Artistic manifestation
Data2:Colonial Hispano-American Art
Label3:Style
Data3:Religious art
Label4:Historic period
Data4:16th–19th century
Label5:Number of exponents
Data5:at least 456 pieces[1]
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Data7:Polychrome wood as a typical element

The Chilote school of religious imagery (Spanish; Castilian: Escuela Chilota de imaginería religiosa), or Chilote school of carving, is an artistic and cultural manifestation that developed in the Chiloé Archipelago during the 17th century on the basis of the circular movement of evangelizing established by the Jesuit missionaries, and reaches its climax in the late 19th century.[2] [3]

Its character of "school" lies in that these sculptures shape a "type" that altered the typical archetypal of American and Spanish Baroque imagery; as a product of cultural syncretism and miscegenation, the works of this school was developed locally and are characterized by the combination and adaptation of European, Latin American and Indigenous features.[4] This artistic expression differs from peninsular, quiteña or cuzqueña artistic production: it can appreciate remarkable differences in technique, materials and style.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Vásquez de Acuña . Isidoro . Santería de Chiloé: Ensayo y Catastro . Santiago de Chile . Editorial Antártica . 1994 . 175 . 978-95-6234-025-0 . es.
  2. Book: Costumbres religiosas de Chiloé y su raigambre hispana . Isidoro . Vázquez de Acuña . 1956 . Centro de Estudios Antropológicos . Santiago . 107 .
  3. Book: Postulación de las iglesias de Chiloé para su inclusión en la lista del patrimonio mundial ante la UNESCO . Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales . 2003 . Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales . Santiago de Chile . 956-7953-00-7 . es.
  4. Book: Barruel . Esteban . 1997 . Los fiscales de Chiloé: una ruta devocional . Ediciones Orígenes . 267 . Santiago de Chile . es.
  5. Book: La Isla de Chiloé, capitana de rutas australes. Walter . Hanisch Espíndola . Academia Superior de Ciencias Pedagógicas de Santiago . Santiago de Chile . 266 . 1982 . es.