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Meaning: dramatic
The brightest illumination falls on the huddled victims to the
left, whose numbers include a monk or friar in prayer.
Physical Description
Position: right and center
condemned figures stand next in line to be shot.
central figure is the brilliantly lit man kneeling
▪ his arms flung wide in either appeal or defiance.
(surrender)
▪ yellow and white clothing repeats the colors of the
lantern.
▪ plain white shirt and sun-burnt face show he is a
simple laborer.
Background:
between the hillside and the shakos
▪ crowd with torches
▪ Onlookers
▪ more soldiers
▪ Or victims.
Iconic plane or image
Signifier-signified relationship
Particular features, aspects, and qualities of the image
Includes the choice of subject
▪ (socio-political implications)
Position of figures
Presentation of the image
▪ (frontal, three-fourths, etc.)
Style of figuration
Proportion of the body
deals with the image itself
Position
the man with raised arms
compared to a crucified Christ.
similar pose in Juan Luna’s Spoliarium, and Picasso’s
Guernica.
½ crosswise
Parisian Life by Juan Luna.
Oil on Canvas. 22 x 31 in. (57 x 79 cm.)
1892. Philippine Museum