Philippine history in art: a promenade to the past. / Ruben D. F. Defeo.

This catalogue takes it readers on a stroll through significant episodes in Philippine history. It uses artworks as vehicles to give vivid reconstructions of important events and dignified images of notable persons, all responsible for forging a sovereign and independent nation. As a reference book, its sumptuous reproductions (all 57 of them in full color), elegant design, and lucid prose, accommodate the scholar, the student and other persons of diverse persuasions. Iconographic in approach, the narrative take off from the various artworks. Rather than being a mere headers for historical accounts, these artworks illuminate, elucidate, and enliven them. Also contains short biographies of the artists. It furnishes incisive accounts of their lives, as well as the various circumstances surrounding their careers and the making of the works. The range of artistic endeavor covers the years from the early 1900s to the present.