Lesson No.

6 (3Hours)
Title: Works of Juan Luna and Fernando Amorsolo
Description:

The lesson is richly involved in the study of arts also incorporates fields like social
history, aesthetics, economics, politics, and anthropology. To these, it adds a particular
attention to critical looking, building core skills in analyzing how visual representation of
concrete scenario and events on the life of people in a specific period in the past. Wherein this
Historical painting depicts the realistic situations and scenario of the lives of the people and are
instrumental to the visualization of the reality which stand equally with texts, photos,
caricatures, and films.

Content:

Juan Luna (1857 – 1899) is regarded for work done in the manner of the Spanish,
Italian and French academies of his time, Luna painted literary and historical scenes, some with
an underscore of political commentary. His allegorical works were inspired with classical
balance, and often showed figures in theatrical poses. He is best known for impressive
rendition of classical subjects in his academic works. These works include historical scenes and
portraiture, however subsequently he turned to realism depicting social inequalities. In this
lesson, the “Spoliarium” and “The Parisian Life” are Luna’s presented for the analysis of the
students.

https://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/nationalmuseumbeta/Collections/spoliarium.jpg

SPOLIARIUM 19TH Century – Juan Luna

 a painting by Filipino artist Juan Luna.
 he painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes  in 1884 in
Madrid, where it garnered the first gold medal (out of three).
 In 1886, it was sold to the Diputación Provincial de Barcelona  for 20,000 pesetas.
   It currently hangs in the main gallery at the ground floor of the National Museum of the
Philippines.

"The Parisian Life" painting is also known as Interior

d’Un Café or "Inside a Café", even titled in some
books as "The Maid" and "Un Coquette" or literally
someone who is one step lower than prostitute
painted by Juan Luna. He is known to use prostitutes
as models in his painting sessions for a very obvious
reason - they're paid cheap. In 1904 at the World
Fair’s Saint Louis Exposition in the United States, this
painting won Silver Medal.

Source:http://www.mariaronabeltran.com/2011/08/
juan-luna-and-his-parisian-life.html

Fernando Amorsolo (1892 –1972) was one of the most important artists in the history of
painting in the Philippines. Amorsolo was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes.
He is popularly known for his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light. Delights people of
his impressionistic technique depicting idyllic country scene, beautiful maidens, and colorfully
dressed peasants planting or harvesting rice. The Paintings are significant in the development
of the formation of Filipino notions of self and identity. In this lesson, the “Defense of A Filipina
Woman’s Honor” and “The Making of The Philippine Flag” paintings are presented for analysis.

DEFENSE OF A FILIPINA WOMAN’S HONOR

 Detail from Fernando Amorsolo's 1945

Defense of a Filipina Woman's Honor, which
is representative of Amorsolo's World War
II-era paintings. Here, a Filipino man
defends a woman, who is either his wife or
daughter, from being raped by an unseen
Japanese soldier. Note the Japanese
military cap at the man's foot.
 Created: January 1 1945

Source:https://sk.pinterest.com/pin/
512495632577769818/
THE MAKING OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG

The detail of Fernando Amorsolo'sThe Making of

the Philippine flag depicting Agoncillo and
company's manual sewing

Source:https://filipiknow.net/philippine-flag/