last members of the Cuzco School, Marcos Zapata (c. 1710–1773). Other known artists of the Cuzco School include Diego Cusihuamán, Gregorio Gamarra, Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao (1635–1710), and Antonio Sinchi Roca Inka. Related to the school is the Master of Calamarca, active in the 18th century in Bolivia. Collections The largest collection of paintings from the Cusco School is in the Cusco Cathedral. The Lima Art Museum and the Inca Museum also house important collections. Many works were destroyed in the 18th century but many Cusco School paintings remain. In recent years there has been a significant increase in demand from both Latin American art collectors and certain museums for paintings from the Cusco school period. In 2010, the American government repatriated two Cusco and Lima style paintings to Peru that had been illegally brought into the United States in 2005. Cuzco School artists Master of Calamarca, 18th century, Bolivia Basilio de Santa Cruz Pumacallao, 1635–1710, Peru Antonio Sinchi Roca Inka, 17th century, Peru Diego Quispe Tito, 1611—1681, Peru Marcos Zapata, c. 1710—1773, Peru Modern interpretations The nationally recognized "Vírgenes Urbanas" project aims to recreate the paintings of the Cusco school replacing the figures with Indigenous people, as well as Indigenous angels, Virgin Marys and saints like Rose of Lima with new Indigenous faces in order to represent the Peruvian population. In addition to the paintings, artists do Indigenous photo montages on recreations of the paintings. According to them, the Cusco School is a symbol of the power of the colonizer "representing images with Caucasian features, imposing ideas, religion and Western stereotypes" and the project re-poses them with new signs that refer directly to the descendants of the former victims. These new paintings are also exhibited in many museums throughout the country. Throughout his life, the painter Ray Martìn Abeyta created works inspired by the Cusco School style of Madonna painting, creating a hybrid of traditional and contemporary Latino subject matter representing the colonialist encounters between Europeans and Mesoamericans. Miscellaneous Today Peruvian local artists paints replicas of Colonial Cusco paintings that sell to tourists. See also Ángeles arcabuceros Art of Latin America Art of Peru Latin American artists of indigenous descent References Works cited Bakewell, Peter J. A History of Latin America: C. 1450 to the Present. Blackwell Publishing, 2003. Bethell, Leslie. The Cambridge History of Latin America. Cambridge University Press, 1995. . Fane, Diana, ed. Converging Cultures: Art &