TY - JOUR
AU - Gómez, Luis Ángel Sánchez
AB - The Philippine Exposition was held in Madrid in 1887 with the aim of increasing commercial and economic relation between the archipelago and the metropolis, but also with the objective of showing its indigenous population to the Spaniards. In this sense, one of the Exposition sections was devoted to fine arts of the Philippines. Assessment of the artistic quality of works of art exhibited was the subject of very disparate interpretations. For conservative Spanish critics – and even for some liberals – the low quality of the woodcarvings was presented as a consequence of the inherent abilities of the Filipinos, and this circumstance was explained exclusively in ethnic terms. However, for some liberal Spanish critics and, above all, for members of the Filipino intellectual elite – the ilustrados – the responsibility for this artistic underdevelopment lay with the Spanish colonial system, and more specifically with the Spanish regular clergy, whose educational strategy was basically aimed at the repression of Filipino intellect.
TI - Indigenous art at the Philippine Exposition of 1887
JF - Journal of the History of Collections
DO - 10.1093/jhc/14.2.283
DA - 2002-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/indigenous-art-at-the-philippine-exposition-of-1887-VGGP6WQjgH
SP - 283
EP - 294
VL - 14
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -