Authored by a then practicing painter and former University of the Philippines Director and Professor of Fine Arts, Dominador Castaneda offers a survey book of a unique perspective in Philippine art offering intimate first hand knowledge from his own practice, research and personal associations.

Black and white images are presented as reference examples along with a few color plates which were rare inclusions in survey books of the era. The author bookmarks his survey of Philippine art between the Spanish Colonial period until the early 1960s when the text was published.