Description:Philippine Religious Carvings in Ivory by Esperanza B. Gatbonton narrates the history of the ivory trade which flourished in the Philippines from the 16th to the 19th century when Dutch and Portuguese traders brought in uncarved ivory from Mozambique, East Africa and India to the country. The book studies the earliest prototypes of religious ivory images, including the celebrated La Naval or the Santisimo Rosario carved in 1593 by a Chinese artisan in the Philippines, and the iconographic conventions that developed in later Philippine religious sculpture.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Philippine Religious Carvings in Ivory. To get started finding Philippine Religious Carvings in Ivory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Philippine Religious Carvings in Ivory by Esperanza B. Gatbonton narrates the history of the ivory trade which flourished in the Philippines from the 16th to the 19th century when Dutch and Portuguese traders brought in uncarved ivory from Mozambique, East Africa and India to the country. The book studies the earliest prototypes of religious ivory images, including the celebrated La Naval or the Santisimo Rosario carved in 1593 by a Chinese artisan in the Philippines, and the iconographic conventions that developed in later Philippine religious sculpture.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Philippine Religious Carvings in Ivory. To get started finding Philippine Religious Carvings in Ivory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.