Rhapsodies

When I first saw the ads for the Seattle Art Museum’s current exhibit, Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, I automatically assumed it would just be Pre-Columbian Andean art and nothing else. I was so convinced in this belief that I didn’t even look at the flyers that would have corrected me.

When I got to see the exxhibit this extra bonus made the exhibit all the more interesting. I was expecially fascinated by the room showing work from the Cuzco School. A fascinating example of cultural fusion and Catholic propaganda.

Shown here was my favorite a sculpture of the Archangel Micheal Triumphant. Done in the 17th century in polychromed mahogany embossed in gold and silver leaf.

I especially liked it as it’s one of the only representations of an angel outside of comic books I’ve seen where the flaming sword is included.