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Spoliarium

The document analyzes and summarizes Juan Luna's 1884 painting "Spoliarium". The painting depicts the grim scene of corpses of slain gladiators being dragged away after battle in a Roman coliseum. Luna used the painting as an allegory for the oppression of the Filipino people by Spanish colonizers. The painting reflects the period of romanticism and is currently located at the national museum of fine arts in the Philippines.

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Spoliarium

The document analyzes and summarizes Juan Luna's 1884 painting "Spoliarium". The painting depicts the grim scene of corpses of slain gladiators being dragged away after battle in a Roman coliseum. Luna used the painting as an allegory for the oppression of the Filipino people by Spanish colonizers. The painting reflects the period of romanticism and is currently located at the national museum of fine arts in the Philippines.

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An InvestIgatIve analysIs

G r o u p 1 | bsn 121 & 122


OvervIew and member
InterpretatIons
• juan novicio luna

• Oil painting with


dimensions of 4.22 meters
x 7.675 meters

• First gold medal at the


exposicion nacional de
bellas artes (1884)
• Was sold to the
diputacion provincial de
Barcelona (1886) for
20,000 pesetas (roughly
php 7,427)
• Painted during the
romanticism period

• Spoliarium is a latin word


which refers to the
basement of a roman
coliseum

• Located at the national


museum of fine arts
Depicts the situation of Human lives for
the Philippines during the gambling, Suffering,
Spanish colonization d a r k a g e s
- Avy anchuelo - Mitchel brendel

The painful, horrible People with no power,


i n j ust ice d o n e t o t h e slavery, tragedy,
filipino people; tragic s u f f e r i n g
- Bea dela cena - Joy mae pongase
Depicts the situation of Suffering, dark ages
the Philippines during the - Bea Nicole rosales

Spanish colonization
- Aaron ramos Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consectetur
The painful, horrible adipiscing elit. Donec
i n j ust ice d o n e t o t h e posuere consequat felis,
f i l i p i n o p e o p l e nec finibus ipsum dapibus
- Kathleen ubando – David john ventura
Painting analysis and luna’s
Perception of the painting
Light and color
people
summary
“For me, if there is something grand,
something sublime, in the Spoliarium, it is
because behind the canvas, behind the
painted figures . . . there floats the living
image of the Filipino people sighing its
misfortune. Because. . . the Philippines is
nothing more than a real Spoliarium with
all its horrors.”
• https://medium.com/@shaynamaydagelet/spoliarium-by-juan-
luna-6d13bffd1f58
• http://wethepvblic.com/the-powerful-message-behind-the-
spoliarium-of-2016/#.W38eNugzZPZ
• http://driftwoodjourneys.com/the-historical-triumph-and-
social-relevance-juan-lunas-spoliarium/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoliarium
• https://arthistory.knoji.com/the-spoliarium-1/
• https://prezi.com/zdjpv3l7d2lx/spoliarium/
• https://pluralartmag.com/2017/11/12/fallen-gladiators-in-
the-spoliarium/

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