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The colourful splendour of the Jesuit sacred interiors in Cusco (Peru) in the light of the eighteenth-century inventories

Ewa Kubiak
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2021.28.spec.3

Abstract

The article presents eighteenth-century inventories as sources of knowledge about the details of the decoration of the Jesuit sacred interiors in Cusco. The author focuses on presenting the colors in the interiors of the church and chapels. In the first section, the author analyses the content of the inventories themselves and the denominations of colors, briefly describing the names, use and meaning of each color. In the second part of the study, the author discusses the colors of selected elements of the decoration, such as the tabernacles, antependia and costumes of sculptures in the altars. The problem was presented in the cultural context of the region, with both baroque and Andean aesthetics considered.

Keywords:

Cusco, interior decoration, colours, colonial architecture, Society of Jesus

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Kubiak, E. (2021). The colourful splendour of the Jesuit sacred interiors in Cusco (Peru) in the light of the eighteenth-century inventories. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, (28), 32–45. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2021.28.spec.3

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