Manuel Chili Caspicara

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Manuel Chili Caspicara was an 18th-century Ecuadorian sculptor renowned for his polychrome religious sculptures and as one of the foremost masters of the Quito School of Art.

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Manuel Chili Caspicara canonical 3

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instanceOf Ecuadorian artist
person
sculptor
activeIn Quito
alsoKnownAs Caspicara
artisticReputation leading colonial sculptor in Quito
artisticSchool Quito School
linked to: Escuela Quiteña
artMedium polychrome wood
wood
artStyle Baroque
Hispano-American Baroque
associatedWith Catholic Church in colonial Quito
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Ecuador
culturalContext Spanish colonial art
era colonial period of Ecuador
familyName Chili
fieldOfWork polychrome sculpture
religious sculpture
genre religious art
givenName Manuel
hasWorkType altarpiece sculpture
devotional images
statues of saints
influenced later Ecuadorian religious sculptors
influencedBy Quito School masters
linked to: Escuela Quiteña
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
movement Quito School of Art
name Manuel Chili Caspicara
nationality Ecuadorian
notableFor mastery of the Quito School of Art
polychrome religious sculptures
notedAs one of the foremost masters of the Quito School of Art
occupation sculptor
woodcarver
placeOfBirth Quito
regionOfActivity Audiencia of Quito
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
subjectOf Ecuadorian art history studies
typeOfWorkCommissionedBy Catholic clergy
religious orders
usedTechnique gilding
polychromy
workLocation churches in Quito
convents in Quito

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Quito School of Art hasNotableArtist Manuel Chili Caspicara
Escuela Quiteña notableArtist Manuel Chili Caspicara
Manuel Chili Caspicara name Manuel Chili Caspicara