Beyond These Pillars: "Spoliarium" Painting by Juan Luna (1857-1899)
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Beyond these entrance pillars at the main groundfloor gallery are the works of Philippine renowned artist, Juan Luna. The grandest and most famous of his painting is the “Spoliarium” (1884). A very large canvas about 23 feet wide and 13 feet tall, the “Spoliarium” depicts life-size figures in a scene of vanquished Roman gladiators being dragged to a pile of corpses while spectators look on and a woman grieves alone in a corner. As a work of art, “Spoliarium” took the gold medal in Madrid’s Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes of 1884. To the Filipino people, still struggling to throw off the yoke of Spain, “Spoliarium” was a heroic representation of their own slavery, sacrifice and tragedy. (Taken from http://www.philippines-travel-guide.com/ national-museum-of-the-philippines.html)
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