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Retablos are a sophisticated Andean folk art in the form of portable boxes which depict religious, historical, or everyday events that are important to the Indigenous people of the highlands of Peru and Bolivia. The Spanish word ''retablo'' comes from the Latin ''retro-tabulum'' (“behind the table or altar”), which was later shortened to ''retabulum''. This is a reference to the fact that the first ''retablos'' were placed on or behind the altars of Catholic churches in Spain and Latin America. They were three-dimensional statues or images inside a decorated frame. ==Origins== The ''retablos'' probably originated with the Christian knights of the Crusades and the Spanish ''reconquista'' (the 700-year struggle against the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula). The Christian warriors, who frequently found themselves far away from their home churches, carried small portable box-altars for worship and protection against their enemies. These earliest ''retablos'' usually featured religious themes, especially those involving ''Santiago'' (Saint James), the patron saint-warrior in the fight against the Moors. ''Retablos'' came to the New World as small portable altars, Nativity scenes and other religious topics used by the early priests to evangelize the Indigenous. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peruvian retablo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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