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Hymen, oh Hyménée!, also known as Boda Romana, [1] is a painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna.Luna, working on canvas, started in 1886 and later completed in 1887 during the artist's honeymoon in Venice after his wedding to Paz Pardo de Tavera.
Luna’s The Battle of Lepanto provides significance to the “Spanish victory against the Turks”. For this reason, the widow of King Alfonso XII of Spain, Queen Regent Maria Christina of Austria, herself was the person who unveiled Luna’s masterpiece at the Senate Hall of Madrid in November 1887, [8] together with Pradilla’s La rendición de granada.
Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈluna], Tagalog: [hwɐn ˈluna]; October 25, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century.
The Parisian Life, also known as Interior d'un Cafi (also spelled Interior d’Un Café, [2] literally meaning "Inside a Café"), is an oil on canvas impressionist [3] painting made by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna in 1892. [4]
The Una Mestiza ("A Mestiza"), sometimes referred to as La Mestiza ("The Mestiza"), is an 1887 painting by Filipino painter and hero Juan Luna. The masterpiece is also known as La mestiza en su tocador which translates into English as The Mestiza at Her Dressing Table or Mestiza Lady at Her Dresser. [1] [2] Una Mestiza is also alternately ...
The Spoliarium is a painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna.Luna, working on canvas, spent eight months completing the painting which depicts dying gladiators.The 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). [1]
The Odalisque is a famous 1885 painting [1] by award-winning Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna.It is one of Luna's so-called "Academic Salon portraits" that followed the standards of proper proportion and perspective, and realistic depictions with "an air of dignity and allure".
In Mi Novia, Luna employed an "ingratiating technique" that is predisposed to stifle the personality of the painter. The woman in Mi Novia resembles the "other ladies of distinction" portrayed by the other so-called Salon painters. It is designed to capture the attention of viewers using "glamorous clichés," such as the "girlish tilt of the ...