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Works of Luna and Amorsolo [Paintings] Background Background Main proponent: Main proponent: Juan Luna Fernando Amorsolo The older brother of General Antonio Luna,...

Works of Luna and Amorsolo [Paintings] Background Background Main proponent: Main proponent: Juan Luna Fernando Amorsolo The older brother of General Antonio Luna, Known as the “Grand Old Man of Philippine was one of the many celebrated Filipino Art,” was the first Filipino to be painters of Philippine history. recognized as a National Artist of the He excelled in the classical style as Philippines manifested in his works showing figures in His simple rural life reflected most of his theatrical poses, creating classical balance masterpieces portraying pastoral sceneries in his paintings. The master of the backlighting technique Being exposed to the European culture, which became his striking trademark he portrayed the European way of life in after earning his degree and went to Spain some of his works like the La Madrileña and United States and The Parisian Life. Amorsolo painted well-illuminated He also did paintings on the Spanish and landscapes showing traditional Filipino Roman history as shown in The Battle customs, culture, fiestas, and ordinary of Lepanto and Spoliarium occupations as seen in his Planting Rice, He adapted the European manner of The Palay Maiden, etc. painting which focused on literary scenes, He also gave importance to the beauty like Hymen o Hymenee and The Roman of a Filipina, highlighting simple yet Dames, and historical events, like The good-looking faces and well-shaped Blood Compact and the Death of Cleopatra bodies in his nude sketches, as well as He often incorporated allegories and in the Lavanderas and Women by the political commentaries to most of his Stream. artworks just like when he painted España He also did portraits of prominent y Filipinas individuals like Manuel Roxas and himself, He also depicted the beauty of the Filipino in addition to historical events like The women in his paintings like La Bulaqueña Making of the Philippine Flag and Tampuhan. His artworks portrayed human suffering, His first international award for The despair, grief, and tragedy, just like in his Death of Cleopatra made him a well-known Defense of a Filipina Woman’s Honor and Filipino artist all over Europe and the world The Burning of Manila due because Later, he would participate in the Philippines dragged to Second World War revolution as one of the many political and back to his usual art after the war activists ended He was able to prove to the world how His artworks were reflections of the Filipinos deserved to be acclaimed for hard work of the Filipino obreros and their brilliancy, treated equal with testimonies of the purity and peace of the foreigners in terms of talents, and not rural areas where happiness and love is called as “indios” just like how the Spanish fostered even by living a simple life. colonizers treated them. Similarity: Both artists belonged to different eras in the historical timeline of the country, Juan Luna and Fernando Amorsolo became symbols of the greatness of the Filipinos, not only for their art, but because of their love for the motherland and its people as shown in their paintings Works of Luna Works of Amorsolo La Muerte de Cleopatra (The Death of Planting Rice, 1922 Cleopatra), 1881 The painting is set on a rice field A 250 cm x 340 cm (98.4 in x 132 wherein farmers, regardless of their in) gender, are on with their usual work canvas was awarded silver medal by under a bright sunny day. Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes Its visual weight is light because the (National Exposition of Fine Arts) in colors used were mostly pastel in Madrid in 1881. nature. No dark colors were used to Now in Museo del Prado produce a feeling of calm and peace Las Damas Romanas (The Roman Dames), The Making of the Philippine Flag 1882 Depicting Agoncillo and company’s Painting by Luna when he was a student manual sewing of the school of painting in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando) in Madrid, Spain in 1877. He went to Rome with Alejo Valera, a Spanish painting teacher Three major elements of the painting: the women, the dogs (companions of women), the doves (connote eroticism) Luna was awarded a Diploma of Honor at the Munich Art Exposition (Munich Salon) for this painting Espana y Filipinas (Spain and the Defense of a Filipina Woman’s Honor, 1945 Philippines), 1886 A representative of Amorsolo’s World Espana y Filipinas is oil on wood War II-era paintings. Here, a Filipino painting, it is an allegorical depiction of man defends a woman, who is either his two women together, one a wife or daughter, from being raped by representation of Spain and the other an unseen Japanese soldier (note the of the Philippines. military cap at the man’s foot) A.k.a España Guiando a Filipinas, is regarded as one of the “enduring pieces of legacy” that the Filipinos inherited from Luna  A centerpiece art at the Luna Hall of the Lopez Memorial Museum El Pacto de Sangre (The Blood Compact), 1886 The Blood Compact portrays the 1565 blood compact ritual between Rajah Sikatuna of Bohol and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi who is accompanied by other conquistadors. The Battle of Lepanto, 1887 Features Don Juan of Austria in battle in October 7, 1571 while at the bow of a ship Provides significance to the Spanish victory against the Turks Tampuhan, 1895 Is a classic painting that depicts a Filipino man and a Filipino woman having a lovers' quarrel. The setting is also significant to the Philippine culture for the reason that the couples is inside a traditional colonial Filipino house known as Bahay na bato, with its iconic interior Capiz Windowpane and Ventanilla, while the woman is wearing Maria Clara gown The Parisian Life, also known as Interior d'un Cafi (also spelled Interior d’Un Café, literally meaning "Inside a Café"), is an oil on canvas impressionist The Spoliarium is a painting spent eight months completing the painting which depicts dying gladiators The picture recreates a despoiling scene in a Roman circus where dead gladiators are stripped of weapons and garments