What are the three interpretations of Parisian Life that is presented in Xiao Time?

The first interpretation is  the woman was a courtesan who grabbed the attention of the three Filipino
nationalists in the café while they discussed issues about their homeland. The guys in the artwork are
Jose Rizal, Juan Luna, and Ariston Bautista-Lin, which is important. It catches a short moment with two
of his closest friends during a casual evening in a café, which has been captured till now. Jose Rizal,
Ariston Lim, and himself are the three guys on the left side of the canvas as Luna paints. Rizal is seated
with his back to the viewer, Luna is seated in the center, and Ariston Lim is positioned closest to the
lady.

The second interpretation is biographical ,luna's family issues are indicated at in the painting Juan
Luna's personal life was in a terrible situation at the time of painting Parisian Life, in 1892. Luna was
suffering with a lot of personal tragedies, such as the loss of his young daughter and the suspicion that
his wife was having an affair with a French doctor. The half-empty beer mug on the woman's table and
the coat on the sofa might be meaningful. He was arrested when he became involved in the murders of
his wife and in-laws. The figure was a representation of his wife, and the painting was a representation
of his comfort.

Zerrudo’s third the lady in the painting may be intended to portray the Philippines, with her form
indicating a mirror image of the Philippine archipelago,. The way she was situated reminded me of the
country's inverted islands . Our homeland, the Philippines, is that lady. She was dressed in pink and
white to represent the country's purity, but her provocative sitting posture represents mistreatment
from the country's invaders. It's a black turtleneck that some thought was a rope that was dragging the
woman up. She was being hanged, and experts believe it mirrored the country's lack of freedom at the
time.

2. Is there any depiction that is clearly exaggeration? Can you say that as a form of
bias?
Some feature of Parisian Life painting is exaggerated like the perfected face of the lady and also her
waistline. Obviously the lady does not resemble Paz. The soft features of the woman are far from Paz's
rigid and firm profile. It may be a warning for Paz, remember that it was only months after the work was
finished and given to Bautista-Lin that the bloody event happened. Lin and Rizal's interpretation of the
work shows Juan Luna's bias on the part of Juan Luna because he already created an adulterous monster
out of his wife.

His jealousy was so strong that reason could no longer permeate. The Fine Arts students hypothesized
that the lady is the mirror image of the Philippine archipelago. Imagine her 12-inch waistline as "the
distance between Infanta, Quezon and San Antonio, Zambales" and "the site of the birth of 1898
Philippine Independence, Kawit Cavite, is exact on the lady's womb". Juan Luna's painting of a woman
being hung during the Spanish Revolution in 1892 is strongly against Spaniards, it exposed the
Philippines in a disturbed state. She was wearing pink and white to symbolize the purity of the country,
but her suggestive seating position depicts abuse from its colonizers. It is strongly in favor of Philippines,
realizing how creative Juan Luna is able to show his Filipinism and his longing for the Philippines to be
independent through his paintings.
Antonio Pigafetta’s First Voyage Around the World
Background of the Author
Antonio Pigafetta (Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo piɡaˈfetta]; c. 1491 – c. 1531) was an Italian
scholar and explorer. He joined the expedition to the Spice Islands led by explorer
Ferdinand Magellan under the flag of the emperor Charles V and after Magellan's
death in the Philippine Islands, the subsequent voyage around the world. During
the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant and kept an accurate journal,
which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language. It is the first
recorded document concerning the language. Pigafetta was one of the 18 men
who made the complete trip, returning to Spain in 1522, under the command of
Juan Sebastián Elcano, out of the approximately 240 who set out three years
earlier. These men completed the first circumnavigation of the world. Others
mutinied and returned in the first year. Pigafetta's surviving journal is the source
for much of what is known about Magellan and Elcano's voyage. At least one
warship of the Italian Navy, a destroyer of the Navigatori class, was named after
him in 1931.
Historical background of the text
Pigafetta was born into a wealthy Vicenza family, and studied navigation among
other things. He served on board the galleys of the Knights of Rhodes, and
accompanied the papal nuncio, Monsignor Chieregati, to Spain. Later, he joined
the Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish crew on their trip to
the Maluku Islands. While in the Philippines Magellan was killed, and Pigafetta
was injured. Nevertheless, he recovered and was among only 18 of Magellan’s
original crew who, having completed the first circumnavigation of the world,
returned to Spain on board another vessel, the Victoria. Most importantly,
[Pigafetta] kept a journal of his voyage, and this is a key source for information
about Magellan’s famous journey.