Spanish colonial art and architecture, Latin American Art

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In the Andean region Flemish and Italian influences are evident in the great painting centers of BogotA and Quito, but Cuzco was the main center of pictorial productivity, and here the contribution of the native artist was of paramount importance. Native strains were also noticeable in the design of broadsides and aleluyas of the 18th and 19th cent. This art form, often called folk lithography, was common in Mexico and Venezuela and was often political in nature.