letras y figuras

artistic style

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In Southeast Asian arts: The Philippines
…including portraiture and the unique letras y figuras—a style developed by José Honorato Lonzano, which combines ornamental figures forming the letters of the patron’s name with familial motifs and a personalized background landscape. Schools of fine art modeled on the European academies were set up from 1821. Throughout the 19th…
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