Marcos Zapata ( Spanish: Marcos Zapata , c. 1710 - 1773 ), also called Marcos Sapaka Inca, is a Peruvian artist who came from the Quechua people and was born in Cuzco .
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Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin , Cusco
Biography and Creativity
One of the last representatives of the Cuzco school , an art movement in which Spanish craftsmen taught local residents techniques of religious painting. Zapata introduced elements from Peruvian life into his paintings. So in his work of 1753 , dedicated to the Last Supper , Jesus and his disciples gathered around a table with a fried guinea pig (kui) and vessels with chicha .
Between 1748 and 1764 he created at least 200 paintings. 24 of them, illustrating the life of St. Francis , were written for the Order of the Capuchins in Santiago ( Chile ). He wrote 50 images of the Litany to the Virgin for the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin in Cuzco . His palette was dominated by blue and red. [2]
His style took shape between 1748 and 1773 . He is known for his beautiful images of the Holy Virgin, almost always surrounded by cherubs . Zapata used allegorical stories in writing his Madonnas. His compositions were easy to interpret religious subjects, making them accessible to a wide audience. [2]
For the Jesuit Order, Zapata created another similar series of paintings together with his disciple Cipriano Gutierrez. It included the image of the Holy Virgin on the throne, which Zapata completed in 1764 for the Church of the Blessed Mother of Almudena in Cuzco. This majestic image was popular, judging by the large number of copies and options.
Recognition and Legacy
Zapata’s fame surpassed the borders of his native Cuzco, spreading through Peru to Chile and northern Argentina. He had followers and students, among them - Antonio Vilka and Ignacio Chacon. [2]
Notes
- ↑ CERL Thesaurus - A consortium of European science libraries .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Wuffarden, Luis E. “La plenitud barroca y el arte mestizo: Arte y Arquitectura.” Enciclopedia Temática del Perú . Lima: El Comercio, 2004. ISBN 9972-752-15-1 .