"Posthumous publication pays tribute to distinguished Cuzco art historian who taught at the Escuela Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes Diego Quispe Tito. Text offers a wealth of documentation on the artists whose work defined the important Cuzco School of painting during Spanish colonial period. Organization follows strict chronological order by century, including extensive lists of artists and their known works with useful reproductions of their respective autographs. Biographical data compiled mostly from secondary sources is complemented with brief descriptions of pictorial techniques and the iconography of their major works. Provides detailed information in separate chapters on better-known 17th- and 18th-century painters such as Diego Quispe Tito, Basilio de Santa Cruz Pumaqallo, and Basilio Pacheco. Color and b/w reproductions are extremely uneven, but an important visual reference for future studies nonetheless"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.