Title: Patrimonio artístico de la Quebrada
Description: A book featuring the rich artistic and architectural patrimony of 4 baroque chapels of the Quebrada in northeastern Argentina: Santa Rosa de Lima in Purmamarca, Virgen del Rosario y San Francisco de Asis in Tilcara, De la Cruz y San Francisco de Paula in Uquia and Cathedral of San Antonio in Humahuaca. This edition includes examples of gold sheet covered altars, the renown Ángeles Arcabuceros (harquebusier angels), sculptures, and other items of religious art produced 200 years ago by Cuzco and Peruvian artists, most of them anonymous.
Subjects: Church decoration and ornament, Colonial Art, Christian art and symbolism
Places: Argentina, Humahuaca Valley