An InvestIgatIve analysIs

G r o u p 1 | bsn 121 & 122

OvervIew and member
InterpretatIons
• juan novicio luna

• Oil painting with

dimensions of 4.22 meters
x 7.675 meters

• First gold medal at the

exposicion nacional de
bellas artes (1884)
• Was sold to the
diputacion provincial de
Barcelona (1886) for
20,000 pesetas (roughly
php 7,427)
• Painted during the
romanticism period

• Spoliarium is a latin word

which refers to the
basement of a roman
coliseum

• Located at the national

museum of fine arts
Depicts the situation of Human lives for
the Philippines during the gambling, Suffering,
Spanish colonization d a r k a g e s
- Avy anchuelo - Mitchel brendel

The painful, horrible People with no power,

i n j ust ice d o n e t o t h e slavery, tragedy,
filipino people; tragic s u f f e r i n g
- Bea dela cena - Joy mae pongase
Depicts the situation of
the Philippines during the
Spanish colonization
- Aaron ramos
The painful, horrible
i n j ust ice d o n e t o t h e
f i l i p i n o p e o p l e
- Kathleen ubando
Suffering, dark ages
- Bea Nicole rosales
Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit. Donec
posuere consequat felis,
nec finibus ipsum dapibus
– David john ventura
Painting analysis and luna’s
Perception of the painting
Light and color
people
summary
“For me, if there is something grand,
something sublime, in the Spoliarium, it is
because behind the canvas, behind the
painted figures . . . there floats the living
image of the Filipino people sighing its
misfortune. Because. . . the Philippines is
nothing more than a real Spoliarium with
all its horrors.”
• https://medium.com/@shaynamaydagelet/spoliarium-by-juan-
luna-6d13bffd1f58
• http://wethepvblic.com/the-powerful-message-behind-the-
spoliarium-of-2016/#.W38eNugzZPZ
• http://driftwoodjourneys.com/the-historical-triumph-and-
social-relevance-juan-lunas-spoliarium/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoliarium
• https://arthistory.knoji.com/the-spoliarium-1/
• https://prezi.com/zdjpv3l7d2lx/spoliarium/
• https://pluralartmag.com/2017/11/12/fallen-gladiators-in-
the-spoliarium/