This document discusses Philippine art and artists from the 19th century to the early 20th century. It profiles several influential Philippine painters like Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo, and National Artists like Guillermo Tolentino and Napoleon Abueva. It analyzes Luna's famous painting "Spoliarium" and how it depicted Spanish colonial oppression. It also examines Amorsolo's pastoral landscapes and Tolentino's "Oblation" sculpture commemorating Bonifacio. Examples of Neoclassical and Romantic architecture from the American colonial period are also presented.

1. TUGUEGARAO CITY SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
GRADE 9

3. State /Identify
the picture
whether it is
Romantic Art
piece or
Neoclassic Art
piece

4. NEOCLASSICISM
Napoleon Crossing
The Alps

5. ROMANTICISM
Hercules
Sitting on a
Bull

6. NEOCLASSICISM
Oath of the
Horatii

7. ROMANTICISM
THE
APOTHEOSIS
OF HOMER

8. NEOCLASSICISM
DEPARTURE
OF THE
VOLUNTEER

9. Part 2 Lesson

12. He was one of the great Filipino
painters of the late 19th century who
was significant in the Philippine History
for inspiring members of the Philippine
reform movement.
One of his famous paintings is the “Las
Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al
Populacho” or “The Christian Virgins
Exposed to the Populace”.

13. “The Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace”s licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

14. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC
The painting portrays two
scantily clothed Christian
female slaves being
mocked by a group of
boorish Roman male
onlookers.

15. Juan was a painter and sculptor who became one
of the first recognized Philippine artists. He was
also a political activist of the Philippine
Revolution during the late 19th century. One of
his famous artworks was the “Spoliarium”, a
Latin word referring to the basement of the
Colosseum wherein the fallen and dying
gladiators were dumped and devoid of their
worldly possession.

17. The subject of Luna’s Spoliarium can be interpreted as an allegory of
Imperial Rome corresponding to Imperial Spain. The image of the
Romans dragging the dead gladiators symbolizes the colonial oppression
of the indigenous populations. The painting also shows how the Filipinos
were treated before when they were colonized by Spaniards.

18. Amorsolo was a National Artist
in Painting. He was a portraitist
and painter of rural Philippine
landscapes, and he was
popularly known for his
craftsmanship and mastery of
the use of light.

20. Planting Rice portrayed happy Filipino villagers in their
bright clothes and straw hats work together. Behind them,
releasing a peaceful plume of steam, rises the beautifully
symmetrical cone of Mayon Volcano.
It reflects the arrival of the
Americans in the Philippines
and the idealism of the artist
to the Philippine society.

21. Tolentino is a Filipino sculptor who
was named National Artist for the
Visual Arts in 1973 and is hailed as
the “Father of Philippine Arts.”

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It depicts a man facing upward
with arms outstretched,
symbolizing selfless offering of
oneself to his country. The idea
for the Oblation was first
conceived during the presidency
of Rafael Palma, who was the
one to commission Tolentino to
make the sculpture.

24. It is memorial monument in
Caloocan, Philippines which was
designed by the National Artist
Guillermo Tolentino to
commemorate Philippine
revolutionary Andrés Bonifacio,
the founder and Supremo of the
Katipunan. Andrés Bonifacio
fought for independence from the
politically and socially ruthless
colonial rule by Spain.
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

25. Abueva is a National artist for
Sculpture. He was entitled as the
"Father of Modern Philippine
Sculpture". He has been the only
Boholano to be given the
distinction of National Artist of
the Philippines in the field of
Visual Arts.

27. This reinforced concrete work
represents the nine muses of
art: architecture, dance, film,
literature, music, painting,
photography, sculpture, and
theater. The nude muses, spread
around atop a ring-like pedestal are
rendered in various stances.

28. There some of the Neoclassical and
Romantic Architecture during the
American colonization in the Philippines
based on an article on the internet by R.G.
Chan & Associates. Here are the pictures
of some buildings built that time.