| Item Call Number |
CH00855 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
CH00855 |
| Local Free-text Call Number (oclc) |
- Classification number - CH00855
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| Main Entry |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Saint Joseph Chapel mural
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Ayala Museum Research Team
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| General Note |
- General note - The mural was clone by Alfonso Ossorio, now living in East Hampton, Long Island, and one of the sons of the late Don Miguel Ossorio. It proved to be the most controversial aspect of the chapel. From above God the Father''s fiery hands descend to offer His Son to the world. Christ sits in triumph over sin and death, signified by the snake and the green skull underneath Christ''s feet (visible only when one goes behind the altar). Paradoxically, His face inspires fear, but the eyes are gentle, and inspire confidence. Christ is flanked by the saints: the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph on the right, John the Baptist and John the Evangelist on the left. The space between the figures of the mural are filled with colored tongues of flame and coiling waters-traditional symbols of purgation and salvation, death and rebirth. The mural has focused world-wide attention, especially among creative artists, to this small chapel inside a sugar mill. On the walls that flank the sanctuary, facing the congregation, are images of Mary carrying her child, and Saint Joseph encircled in floral rings of wrought iron. These were sculptural works of Benjamin Valenciano, a local carpenter. They are Filipino, brown-skinned, fine-boned and dark-haired, wearing Filipino clothes: Mary in a saya, Saint Joseph in a stiff military pose of attention, clutching the traditional lily across his chest with his right hand while his left grips a. saw stuck along the side of his left leg, wearing a barong. (also see CH00854) YYY
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| Additional Physical Form Available Note |
- Additional physical form available note - With prints
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| Immediate Source Of Acquisition Note |
- Source of acquisition - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Ownership And Custodial History |
- History - Filipinas Heritage Library
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| Subject Chronological Term |
- Chronological term - 1971
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Catholic churches
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Victorias Milling Company, Negros Occidental
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| Subject Faceted Topical Term |
- Focus term - 1971
- Focus term - alfonso ossorio
- Focus term - altars
- Focus term - amrt
- Focus term - churchgoers
- Focus term - murals
- Focus term - negros occidental
- Focus term - religious images
- Focus term - st. joseph
- Focus term - vicmico
- Focus term - victorias milling
- Focus term - visayas
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