The document discusses several paintings and artworks. It describes Pablo Picasso's view that painting is a way for blind people to keep a diary through what they feel and have seen. It then provides details on the 1922 oil painting "Rice Planting" by Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto from the Philippines, including its measurements, where it was made and sold, and that it depicts realism during American colonial rule. Finally, it summarizes some murals by Francisco Coching that depicted the history of Manila and a painting called "Granadean Arabesque" by Jose Tanig Joya that was inspired by his time in Granada, Spain.

1. PAINTING
Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he
sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he
has seen.
Pablo Picasso

2. •“Painting is just
another way of
keeping a diary.”
― Pablo Picasso

3. Rice Planting
by Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto

4. • Oil-on-Canvas
• Measurements: 24 x 34
meters
• Where it was made:
Philippines
• Time Period: 1922
• Sold by: Geringer Art,
a Honolulu based
company which
specializes in the art of
Fernando Amorsolo

5. • The particular genre that was used is
realism.
• This was when the Philippines was under
the American colonial rule and it is
impressive that Amorsolo consistently
painted pictures reflecting the true Filipino
soul despite the colonization.

7. Mural
• Best known mural of
Francisco
• It shows his descriptions
about the History of Manila
• Mayor Antonio Villegas in
Manila
• It describes the enthusiasm of
the first Datu in Manila.
• His murals on the history of
Manila for the Manila City
Hall represent a high point in
his art and the art of the
country.

8. Granadean Arabesque
– Jose Tanig Joya

9. • Inspired by Joya’s stay in
Granada, a region in
Spain.
• How he was struck by
inspiration while
travelling on a train and
seeing all the beautiful
sunflowers pass him by.
• Bright yellows dominate
the canvass and establish
the mood – pure joy, life,
and energy.