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Tapada Limeña
Tapada limeña (means "''Liman [fem.] covered one''") was the denomination used at the time of the Viceroyalty of Peru and the first years of the Republic to designate the women in Lima who covered their heads and faces with comfortable silk , revealing just one eye. Its use began in the 16th century and it spread until well into the 19th century, that is, its use lasted for three centuries and was not only limited to the "''Lima, City of the Kings''", but also to other important cities in the region. In Lima, the custom remained until well into the Republic, when it was relegated by French fashions. Background In 1583, the List of Archbishops of Lima, Archbishop of Lima Toribio de Mogrovejo pronounced an energetic rejection of the Lima custom of wearing the Saya (clothing), saya and the cloak as usual garments worn by women in the capital. This happened during the Third Liman Council that he himself presided over and that gave rise to a censorship that the Spanish parliamentarism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnography, ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin America." He was influenced by Alexander von Humboldt. Biography Rugendas was born in Augsburg, then part of the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire, now (Germany), into the seventh generation of a family of noted painters and engravers of Augsburg (he was a great grandson of Georg Philipp Rugendas, 1666–1742, a celebrated painter of battles). He first studied drawing and engraving with his father, Johann Lorenz Rugendas II (1775–1826). From 1815-17, he studied with Albrecht Adam (1786–1862), and later in the Academy de Arts of Munich, with Lorenzo Quaglio II (1793–1869). When Rugendas was born, Augsburg was a Free Imperial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
