ANDRES Luna is not known to many present-day Filipinos. Those who do will always connect him to the tragedy he experienced as a child of five when he witnessed the murder of his mother and grandmother by his own father, the Filipino patriot and painter Juan Luna.
A new book by lawyer Saul Hofileña, Jr., Luna, Arquitecto, resurrects Andres Luna de San Pedro from the dustbin of our memory to his rightful place in our history. Although it also extensively deals with the tragedy in Paris, the book shows Andres standing on his own merit as a pioneer of contemporary Philippine architecture. It breathes new life to a mere footnote in history overshadowed by his father and uncle who are considered titans of Philippine history: Juan Luna and General Antonio Luna.
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