Among the greatest heroes of the Philippines, Jose Rizal was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines, famous for his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal was one of the proponents of the Filipino Pro...
Titian:Noli me tangereNoli me tangere, oil on canvas by Titian, c. 1514; in the National Gallery, London. 110.5 × 91.9 cm. The unchallenged facts about her life establish that Jesus cleansed her of sevendemons(Luke 8:2 and Mark 16:9), probably implying that he cured her of a physica...
Titian:Noli me tangereNoli me tangere, oil on canvas by Titian, c. 1514; in the National Gallery, London. 110.5 × 91.9 cm. It is certain that Titian’s first independent commission was for the frescoes of three miracles ofSt. Anthony of Padua. The finest incompositionis theMiracle of ...
this movement’s most brilliant figure, produced two political novels—Noli me tangere(1887;Touch Me Not) andEl filibusterismo(1891;The Reign of Greed)—which had a wide impact in the Philippines. In 1892 Rizal returned home and formed the Liga Filipina, a modest reform-minded society, loyal...
Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine politician who, as head of state from 1965 to 1986, established an authoritarian regime in the Philippines that came under criticism for corruption and for its suppression of democratic processes. Learn more about Marcos here
In 1887 Rizal published his firstnovel,Noli me tangere(The Social Cancer), a passionate exposure of the evils of Spanish rule in thePhilippines. A sequel,El filibusterismo(1891;The Reign of Greed), established his reputation as the leading spokesman of the Philippine reform movement. He publishe...
José Rizal, this movement’s most brilliant figure, produced two political novels—Noli me tangere (1887; Touch Me Not) and El filibusterismo (1891; The Reign of Greed)—which had a wide impact in the Philippines. In 1892 Rizal returned home and formed the Liga Filipina, a modest reform...
this movement’s most brilliant figure, produced two political novels—Noli me tangere(1887;Touch Me Not) andEl filibusterismo(1891;The Reign of Greed)—which had a wide impact in the Philippines. In 1892 Rizal returned home and formed the Liga Filipina, a modest reform-minded society, loyal...
Rizal wrote two political novels—Noli me tangere (1887; Touch Me Not) and El filibusterismo (1891; The Reign of Greed)—which had a wide impact in the Philippines. López Jaena, Rizal, and journalist Marcelo del Pilar emerged as the three leading figures of the Propaganda Movement, and ...
InWestern painting: The High Renaissance in Venice The “Martyrdom of St. Lawrence” (Church of the Jesuits, Venice) was begun about 1548 after his return from Rome and before a trip to Augsburg and the court of the Holy Roman emperor Charles V. Although Titian was nearly 60, he painted...