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He is also known to have printed at Binondo, Manila, between 1623 and 1627, as the early printing press was being transported to several places to bring the art of printing. In 1637 he published and printed what is thought to be the first newspaper in the Philippines, the 14-page Sucesos Felices, that reported mainly on Spanish military victories.
Typographic printing in the Philippines was indigenous, not imported from other countries it was recognized by Wenceslao Retana as "the semi-invention" of the press in the country. In 1625, the press open up at the Colegio de Santo Tomás, soon became a university, and had since been known as the UST Press.
Manuel Antonio Rodriguez Sr. (January 1, 1912 [2] – May 6, 2017), [3] also known by his nickname Mang Maning, was a Filipino printmaker.He was one of the pioneers of printmaking in the Philippines and was dubbed as the "Father of Philippine Printmaking".
He made a notable impact on the Philippines upon his arrival in 1595, [2] coinciding with the era of Spanish colonial influence in the archipelago. Drawing upon his printing expertise acquired in Europe, he initiated the establishment of the first printing press in the Philippines, a venture with profound implications for the cultural milieu of the region.
[1] [2] Philippine literature encompasses literary media written in various local languages as well as in Spanish and English. According to journalist Nena Jimenez, the most common and consistent element of Philippine literature is its short and quick yet highly interpersonal sentences, with themes of family, dogmatic love, and persistence. [3]
Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges. The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel, leaving the characters or image ...
Salvador Pons, an Augustinian friar, stated in one of his works (Sacerdotes Del Clero Secular Filipino Escritores. 1900) that Perfecto was a secular priest and likewise Fr. Pablo Fernandez in his book History of the Church in the Philippines (1521-1898) said the same thing but the source he cited was the same Augustinian friar. [1]
From 1593 to 1800, most literature in the Philippines consisted of Spanish-language religious works; examples are Doctrina Christiana (1593) [255] and a Tagalog rendition of the Pasyon (1704). [256] Colonial literature was also written in native languages, primarily religious and governmental works promoting colonialism. [252]