Spolarium by Juan Luna

Spolarium is one of the famous Artwork by Tupada Action Media Art

masterpieces by Juan Luna which became
popular because of the art itself and the The artwork was creatively made
message it depicts. This historical artwork digitally. One of the advantages of creating
features the bloody carnage happened digital art is that it is easy to merge different
where it shows what is happening after a pictures into one. In this piece, there are
gladiator’s fight in the Roman history. different people became the center
Through this masterpiece, viewers were able somewhat depicting the message of the
to witness with their own eyes the intense artwork. Every object has its meaning and
bloodbath brought by gladiator’s matches. It connected to one another like the bracelet
was fascinating how Juan Luna utilizes the designed with Philippine ethnic patterns that
light in separating the whole scenario and the woman has which signifies that she is a
creating a focus in the artwork. In my Filipino or she admires Filipino culture. In my
perspective, the light depicted by the colors perspective the intensity of the cool colors
used was the major attribute that defined the used was shown which contributed to the
whole meaning of the painting. Juan Luna overall impact of the art. The spaces outside
created an artificial light in the painting that the art was utilized as there seemed a faded
depicts the darkness and depressing state in object/image behind the subject.
the room. A transition of light from light to
dark is also present. The color of the objects
helped to emphasize the center of such
chaotic scene which is the man being
dragged into the darkness, the crowd of
people as the expectators of the scene, and
the woman weeping in the corner. The value
of the colors used highlight which subjects
are of primary importance in accentuating the
message of the art.
 Hapag ng Pag-asa by Joey Velasco
This artwork entitled “Hapag ng Pag-
asa” by Joey Velasco is adapted from the
famous painting “The Last Supper” of
Leonardo da Vinci. In terms of its color, the
intensity and high contrast of the object are
visible, and he used natural colors to feature
the truthfulness of the artwork. The painting
displays Jesus Christ dined not in a table but
in a delivery box with the poor children of
Manila. The artworks speak the sad reality
which made it heartfelt for the viewers. It is
said that every child in the photo has their
own unfortunate stories in life, but one thing
is similar, they have their faith in God.