page_title: Quito
section_title: The Quito School
hierarchical_section_title: Quito / The Quito School
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Quito, Ecuador: the so-called Virgin of Quito. Erected in 1977 on El Panecillo (small piece of bread). The statue is a replica of the 30cm-sculpture created in the 18th century by the sculptor Bernardo de Legarda of the Quito School.Español&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Quito, Ecuador: La Virgen de Quito en El Panecillo. La estatua de aluminium que fue erigida en al año 1977 es une réplica de la escultura de 30 centímetros realizada en el siglo XVIII por el escultor quiteño Bernardo de Legarda.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Quito, Équateur&#160;: La Vierge de Quito au Panecillo (petit pain). Construite en aluminium en 1977, la statue est une réplique d'une sculpture de 30 cm du sculpteur Bernardo de Legarda (XVIIIe siècle) de l'École de Quito.
context_page_description: Quito is the capital city of Ecuador. As of 2019, about 1,978,376 people lived there. Quito is the second largest city in Ecuador after Guayaquil. The Historic Center of Quito, Ecuador is one of the largest, least-changed and best-preserved historic centers in the Americas. Quito was designated a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. It is the first city to be honored in such a way.
  The Historic Centre of Quito is located in the center south of the capital on an area of 320 hectares, and is thought of as one of the most important historic areas in Latin America. There are about 130 monumental buildings and 5,000 properties registered in the municipal inventory of heritage properties.
context_section_description: The Quito School originated in the school of Artes y Oficios, founded in 1552 by the Franciscan priest Jodoco Ricke, who together with Friar Pedro Gocial transformed the San Andrés seminary, where the first indigenous artists were trained. As a cultural expression, it is the result of a long process of acculturation between indigenous peoples and Europeans, and it is one of the richest expressions of miscegenation (mestizaje) and of syncretism, in which the participation of the vanquished Indian is seemingly of minor importance as compared to the dominant European contribution.
  The Quito School (Escuela Quiteña) is an artistic tradition that developed in the territory of the Royal Audience of Quito, from Pasto and Popayán in the north to Piura and Cajamarca in the south, during the colonial period (1542-1824).  This artistic production was one of the most important activities in the economy of the Royal Audience of Quito.
  The major artists of the Quito School are the sculptors Bernardo de Legarda , Manuel Chili (Caspicara) and Miguel Angel Tejada Zambrado and the painters Fray Pedro Gosseal, Fray Pedro Bedón, Nicolás Javier Goríbar, Hernando de la Cruz, Miguel de Santiago, Manuel de Samaniego
caption: Virgin of El Panecillo
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