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Painting
* Spoliarium
-The formal elements that are shown in the painting are lines, light, shape and time. The principles of
design present in the painting are proportion and unity.
Message/meaning
-Spoliarium was the kind of painting that lent itself to the patriotic needs of the Filipinos and on which
Rizal and others projected a nationalistic symbolism that helped rouse the Filipinos to rise up against the
political oppression of their Spanish colonizers.
*España y filipinas
Message/meaning
-it delivers a message the bond between Spain and the Philippines. The painting revealed the true hope
and desire of Filipino with Spain on reform, equality, modernization, and economic improvement
Fernando amorsolo
*Fruit Gatherer
Meaning/message
*Planting rice
Elements / principles
- line, shape, texture, form, space, colour and value, with the additions of mark making, and
materiality.
Message/meaning
-It reflects the arrival of the Americans in the Philippines and the idealism of the artist to the Philippine
society. The painting reflected the people's desire to escape from a complicated reality into simplicity