Youd be left in awe at the mere sight of it.

Symbolic meaning of juan luna's spoliarium. This historical painting was an entry to the prestigious Exposicion de Bellas Artes in 1884 which eventually got Juan his first gold medal. The purported study of Juan Lunas famous painting Spoliarium has been sold by Salcedo Auctions to a phone-in bidder for a final hammer price of P63 million. Juan Lunas Spoliarium is universal.

Spoliarium mirrors the two magisterial works of Lunas contemporary Jose Rizal. Spoliarium was the name given to the Roman Colosseum basement where fallen gladiators were stripped of their armor and weapons and then prepared for burial. Currently on display in the National Museum of Fine Arts the 422 x 7675-meter oil on canvas.

Moreover he created such a harmonious relationships between different colors such as between the red color in the center with the shade of green in the dark sides. An old man carries a torch perhaps searching for his son among the dead corpses while a woman weeps the death of her loved one. Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.

Spoliarium was the name given to the Roman Colosseum basement where fallen gladiators were thrown in after combat which is depicted in the life-sized piece. The importance of Juan Lunas Spoliarium transcends its artistic significance which is saying quite a lot. But its also a record of history.

It is arguably the most internationally renowned piece of modern Filipino art. Unlike the neoclassical piece Oath of the Horatii the colors seen in the Spoliarium are indistinct and not as. Both the painting and the novels reflect the concrete social crisis of their day.

Basically Spoliarium is emphasized the violation of human rights towards the colonizers of Spain and Juan Luna expressed his patriotism through it. The painting Spoliarium by Juan Luna depicts a scene in a Roman amphitheatre in which the dead bodies of two gladiators are being pulled towards the spoliarium. The Spoliarium is considered to be the most valuable oil-on-canvas painting by Juan Luna a Filipino educated at the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura Philippines and at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid Spain.