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They are the oldest known work of art in the Philippines. [1] These inscriptions clearly show stylized human figures, frogs and lizards, along with other designs that may have depicted other interesting figures but erosion may have caused it to become indistinguishable. The engravings are mostly symbolic representations and are associated with ...
Allegorical work symbolizing science illuminating the world. Gift to Ferdinand Blumentritt. [2]: 134 Sculpture given by Jose Rizal to Ferdinand Blumentritt: The Triumph of Death over Life: Exhibited at the Dresden Museum of Modern Art, [2] now at Rizal Shrine, Intramuros [7] Allegorical work representing the death as a hooded skeleton embracing ...
Letras y figuras (Spanish, "letters and figures") is a genre of painting pioneered by José Honorato Lozano during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines. The art form is distinguished by the depiction of letters of the alphabet using a genre of painting that contoured shapes of human figures, animals, plants, and other objects called ...
The 2,800 gallons [specify] of paint [9] costing ₱2 million used were provided by local paint firm, Davies Paints, [10] while other painting materials were provided by the local government. [7] The painting has a projected life expectancy of five years and a retouching of the work is planned in mid-2018. [7] [needs update]
España y Filipinas (“Spain and the Philippines") is a series of oil on wood paintings [1] [2] by Filipino painter, Ilustrado, and revolutionary activist, Juan Luna.It is an allegorical depiction [3] of two women together, one a representation of Spain and the other of the Philippines. [4]
The University of Santo Tomas Museum owns one of Asuncion’s paintings, dated February 1862. An unsigned portrait of Fr. Melchor Garcia de Sampedro at the UST Museum is said to be the work of Asuncion. Most of his other works are kept as national treasures at the Central Bank of the Philippines and the Philippines Museum.
Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈluna], Tagalog: [hwɐn ˈluna]; October 23, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century.
Notable 19th-century oil paintings include Basi Revolt paintings, Sacred Art of the Parish Church of Santiago Apostol (1852), Spoliarium (1884), La Bulaqueña (1895), and The Parisian Life (1892). [230] A notable modern painting s The Progress of Medicine in the Philippines (1953). [230] After World War II, paintings were influenced by the ...