Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 223

Dasmariñas is the name of: a Cavite town, a posh Makati gated community, and a b...

Dasmariñas is the name of: a Cavite town, a posh Makati gated community, and a busy Chintown street in Manila. There were two men called Dasmariñas in Philippine history: Gomez Perez Dasmariñas Spanish governor-general (1590-1593) murdered by Chinese rowers while on military expedition, and his son Luis Perez Dasmariñas governor-general (1593-1596) who commissioned the Chinese artisan who carved the ivory head of the venerated image La Naval de Manila. This is a photo of Luis that gives us a face to Dasmariñas.


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We had over 400 people at my Ayala Museum lecture this afternoon. 500 copies of...

We had over 400 people at my Ayala Museum lecture this afternoon. 500 copies of Looking Back 6 sold. Not bad for a days work.
Will be signing books at the Manila International Bookfair next Saturday.

My Inquirer column today on the Luzon jars highly prized by the Japanese in the...

My Inquirer column today on the Luzon jars highly prized by the Japanese in the 16th century.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/36186/the-mysterious-luzon-jars


The mysterious Luzon jars
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Arturo Luz recalled his introduction to classical Japanese theater half a century ago during a trip to Tokyo with the painter Fernando Zobel; they spent the better half of an evening watching the slow, studied movements of an actor who took almost an hour just to get on stage.

F. Sionil Jose is on the warpath again. Im glad Im referenced in a positive ligh...

F. Sionil Jose is on the warpath again. Im glad Im referenced in a positive light.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=844541


Something awry at the NCCA - HINDSIGHT By F Sionil Jose - The Philippine Star » Lifestyle Features »
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People who aren’t familiar with the creative process are in command positions at the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), people who have no track record as cultural workers.

Madre Jeronima, Foundress of the Monasterio de Sta. Clara in Manila has been wai...

Madre Jeronima, Foundress of the Monasterio de Sta. Clara in Manila has been waiting for centuries to be canonized a saint. This terrifying portrait was painted by Velasquez when she was in Sevilla waiting for the ship that would take her to Manila. It is one of my favorite paintings in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. See my Inquirer column on her yesterday on this page.

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My Inquirer column today on Jeronima de la Asuncion who founded the Monasterio d...

My Inquirer column today on Jeronima de la Asuncion who founded the Monasterio de Sta Clara, the place where we send eggs to insure good weather.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/36080/jeronima-de-la-asuncion


‘Jeronima de la Asuncion’
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To ensure that my lecture at Ayala Museum this Saturday afternoon will not be postponed because of rain or flood, I reminded the young museum staff to send a basket of eggs to the Monasterio de Santa Clara at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and Katipunan in Quezon City. We may live in the age of Face...

The cute baby in this 19th century family portrait by Simon Flores is the "lolo"...

The cute baby in this 19th century family portrait by Simon Flores is the "lolo" of historian Serafin D. Quiason. He was originally nude but when he grew up burned the "toot" with his cigar. To hide the damage clothes were painted over the baby. Scientific examination should validate this amusing anecdote behind the painting now in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Collection.


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Mentioned in Gilda Cordero Fernando's memories of book hunting three decades ago...

Mentioned in Gilda Cordero Fernando's memories of book hunting three decades ago.

http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/63322/a-noncollectors-filipiniana


A noncollector’s Filipiniana | Inquirer Lifestyle
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The first antique Filipiniana dictionary I ever owned (“Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala” by Pedro de Sanlucar, 1754) came from Ambeth Ocampo. Way back in the early ’80s, he was already collecting a lot of old Filipino books—I mean by “old” that most of them were still in Spanish—that I then wondered...

So long ago, in Paciano Rizal's lakeside home designed by Andres Luna de San Ped...

So long ago, in Paciano Rizal's lakeside home designed by Andres Luna de San Pedro I had lunch with Austin Coates (seated) author of "Rizal Philippine Nationalist and Martyr" (Oxford Press 1968). From left to right: Eugenia Lopez Villaruz, Asuncion Lopez Bantug, Franicsco Rizal Lopez descendants of Paciano and Narcisa Rizal.


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