![]() ![]() ![]() William Dampier wrote a detailed summary of where the island may be found east of Mindanao.Ĭarlos Quirino, a Philippine National Artist, declared that the island is actually Siargao while Federico Aguilar-Alcuaz, National Artist for Visual Arts, was determined to head an expedition to look for the lost San Juan Island, the Philippine Altantis. The exhibit also highlights a painting in old wood of the “Lost Island of San Juan.” The island first appeared in a 1601 map by Fray Herrera, later, it also appeared in several maps. Filipino angels play the dirge with the church of Cuyo as a fitting background. Winged angels take away the symbols of the Spanish empire - the Spanish colors, the n which is peculiar to the Spanish language, the Spanish sword, the esfera or orb and a treasure box containing the wealth extracted from the colony. “The Spanish Dirge,” which is painted in ancient wood, shows the end of the Spanish empire in the Islands. Each is holding a devotional written in the dialect where the friar order held sway. The Cartas Phillipensis is history disguised as tarot and the paintings are visual records of our country’s past.Īn outstanding work is the “Readers of the Lost Words.” This oft photographed work during the exhibit shows the friars of the five religious orders that ruled the country with an iron cross during the Spanish period. They ask the viewer of the paintings to look at and to read the paintings like miniature books because that is what they are, vignettes of the country’s history presented in allegory. In exchange, the missionaries of the faith defended the acts of the sovereign and impliedly recognized that the Spanish monarch possessed just the title to the colonies. The Royal Patronage was an arrangement between the Spanish monarchy who accepted from the Holy See the responsibility of maintaining and propagating the Catholic faith. The majority of the paintings deal with the Patronato Real or the Royal Patronage. ![]()
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