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  • Country: Argentina
  • Category: Photography
  • Theme: Photojournalism and Documentary
  • technique and supports: Color (Digital)
  • Measurements: 15.75 x 11.81 in
  • At Artelista since:
  • Tags: angeles, iglesia, colonial, jujuy, uquia

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Uquia, San Salvador de Jujuy - Argentina.
UQUIA, se encuentra a 120 Km. de San Salvador de Jujuy por R.N. 9 y a 2.900 msnm.
La iglesia de San Francisco de Paula del siglo XVII, es de estilo netamente colonial.
Sus paredes de adobe, de un metro de ancho son originales.
La torre se encuentra separada del edificio principal.
El altar mayor del siglo XII está tallado a mano en madera y dorado a la hoja.
Pero lo más llamativo en su interior son los cuadros de los Angeles Arcabuceros, traídos desde el Cuzco en la época colonial.
El artista mestizo que los pintó carecía de modelos a imitar y entonces consultó a los españoles. Estos le explicaron que los ángeles eran como ellos, pero con alas.
De allí surgieron los excéntricos ángeles con rostro de belleza casi femenina, alas celestiales, sombrero de ala ancha y trajes de brocado bordado en oro similar a los de los soldados de Carlos II en el siglo XVII.
Y como detalle final, portan al hombro un gran arcabuz.

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I was born in the city of Salta in Argentina, a city that has been characterized from past to contain a wide range of artists, and inspiring natural wealth at any time of year a photographer, painter or artist in general, to amalgamate both with nature as purely colonial art. Although self taught, from my earliest...

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