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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 235579, member: 2844&quot;]It is Cuzco School, Peru.</p><p>The Cuzco School (1570-1780) is a famous Peruvian colonial style. It is a delightful mix of Spanish Baroque, folk art, and some Native Peruvian influence. Throw all those elements together and you get a wacky, but collectible frame. </p><p>The style was not confined to Cuzco it spread to other Andean cities, like Quito. Most of the artists were Indians or Mestizos, for them it was a way of making a reasonable living in colonial times.</p><p>Cuzco is a beautiful city in the Andes, the former capital of the Inca empire.</p><p>Cuzco School art is more rare and valuable than comparable Italian.</p><p>Art in the Cuzco style was also made after 1780, it is seen as a local style. The influence is still seen in some Andean art today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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