Como Hizo Dios Cielo, Mundo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Como Hizo Dios Cielo, Mundo
Subject: Creator; Creation; God; Religion; Christianity
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cuzco; Cusco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This is the first image in the last chapter of the book. The author uses this chapter to address his Christian readers. For this image, the author urges his readers to consider their service to God, the creator of all things. This image depicts God standing in the centre of the image holding a sun with his right hand and the moon with his left with stars surrounding his head. He is wearing a triangular halo which symbolizes the Holy Trinity. He is also depicted bearded and wraped in cloaks. On the ground by God’s feet are a butterfly, a snail, an ant, and a cricket. These are to symbolize God’s creation of all things in the world. The mountainous Andean landscape is visible in the background. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “mundo para dar gracias a Dios” [the world, for giving thanks to God].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23796
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23796_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Creator; Creation; God; Religion; Christianity