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    This document summarizes an oil painting by Fernando Amorsolo from 1955-1960 depicting an early Sulu wedding. The painting shows a bride and groom kneeling before an imam on their wedding day, with the bride wearing only a garland and necklace. Amorsolo was known for his realistic depictions of Filipino culture and identity through his use of warm colors, chiaroscuro techniques, and capturing the "true reflections of the Filipino Soul." The painting provides a visual record of cultural practices from that era.

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    This document summarizes an oil painting by Fernando Amorsolo from 1955-1960 depicting an early Sulu wedding. The painting shows a bride and groom kneeling before an imam on their wedding day, with the bride wearing only a garland and necklace. Amorsolo was known for his realistic depictions of Filipino culture and identity through his use of warm colors, chiaroscuro techniques, and capturing the "true reflections of the Filipino Soul." The painting provides a visual record of cultural practices from that era.

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    Early Sulu Wedding

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    Bea Dela Cena
    This document summarizes an oil painting by Fernando Amorsolo from 1955-1960 depicting an early Sulu wedding. The painting shows a bride and groom kneeling before an imam on their wedding day, with the bride wearing only a garland and necklace. Amorsolo was known for his realistic depictions of Filipino culture and identity through his use of warm colors, chiaroscuro techniques, and capturing the "true reflections of the Filipino Soul." The painting provides a visual record of cultural practices from that era.

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    EARLY SULU

    WEDDING
    Artist: Fernando c. amorsolo
    Medium: oil on canvas
    year of creation: c.a. 1955-1960
    painting dimensions: 2.89 ft x
    4.27 ft
    PHILIPPINE
    HISTORY/CULTURE
    • depiction of a couple kneeling
    before an imam on their supposed
    wedding day
    • Bride is only covered in a garland
    and necklace
    LIGHT AND
    AIRNESS
    • HEAVY USAGE OF “CHIASCURO”
    • Warm colors, paired with natural
    light
    REALISM THROUGH
    AMORSOLO
    • DEPICTS “the true reflections of
    the Filipino Soul.”
    • HIS PAINTINGS HAVE “NOTHING TO SAY”
    • NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND
    REALISM THROUGH
    AMORSOLO
    • Provides dated visual
    historiography
    • ALSO effectively balances culture
    and filipino national identity
    “One can confidently predict that
    Fernando Amorsolo will never just be
    a mere footnote in our art, because
    that staying power of his comes from
    a magnificent vitality that he poured
    into everything he did, that suffuses
    even his most vulgar work…”
    SOURCES
    • https://humanitiesgroup1.wordpress.c
    om/2009/07/30/fernando-amorsolo/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand
    o_Amorsolo
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Joaq
    uin

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