{"product_id":"nineteenthcentury-masters-of-angono-art-james-owen-g-saguinsin","title":"Nineteenth-Century Masters of Angono Art by James Owen G. Saguinsin","description":"\u003cp\u003eDating back 5,000 years to ancient petroglyphs carved on cave walls, Angono's long artmaking tradition has produced two National Artists, numerous art galleries, and the famous Higantes Festival. The town gained renown as the “Art Capital of the Philippines” after Carlos “Botong” Francisco's modernist paintings captivated the art world. However, even a master like Botong stood on the shoulders of Angono's giants who came before him—artists like Juan Senson, Pedro Piñon, and Moises Villaluz Sr. The works of these old masters, Angono's own “triumvirate,” are little acknowledged and seldom studied, apart from a few pieces that have ended up in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas collection as cultural treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNineteenth-Century Masters of Angono Art endeavors to write anew the town's art history, showcasing the lives and oeuvres of these foundational artists. The author has spent more than twenty years doing research in Angono and its neighboring towns, interviewing local residents and relatives of the artists, and scouring old bodegas and family homes for artworks that have managed to survive war, calamity, and the ravages of time and neglect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with more than 100 artworks—most unearthed by the author and documented here for the first time—this book explores the history of Angono, the role of Senson, Piñon, and Villaluz in shaping the town into the national art center it is today, and their contribution to the Filipino artistic identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Our contemporary artists surely stand on the shoulders of Botong Francisco. But Botong stood on the shoulders of these great masters who came before him. Much more than just a historical presentation of the life and works of Senson, Piñon, and Villaluz, this book makes us realize the greatness that runs in our blood… The greatness of Angono does not depend only on the big names that made, and continuously make, our town known. It lies in every simple and ordinary citizen of Angono.”\u003cbr\u003e\n—Fr. Reginald Rivera Malicdem, Rector of Manila Cathedral\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philippine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50713104875812,"sku":"PB-41499","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/3794\/3588\/files\/ph-11134207-7rasb-m16iwk6gywrxa1.webp?v=1751974246","url":"https:\/\/www.philippinebooks.com\/products\/nineteenthcentury-masters-of-angono-art-james-owen-g-saguinsin","provider":"Philippine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}