Monday, August 6, 2012

" FELIX RESURRECION HIDALGO "


Title : Don Luis Perez Damarinas
Artist :
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
Material or Medium :
Oil on Canvas
Subjective Context :
 (May. 26, 1859-September. 29, 1941) was the Filipino lawyer representative
to the negotiations in Paris that led to the Treaty of Paris (1898), ending the Spanish
American war and achieving him the title of "outstanding first Filipino diplomat".


 Title : Portrait of Felipe Agoncillo
Artist : Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
Material or Medium : Oil on canvas 
Subjective Context :
(May. 26, 1859-September. 29, 1941) was the Filipino lawyer representative
to the negotiations in Paris that led to the Treaty of Paris (1898), ending the Spanish
American war and achieving him the title of "outstanding first Filipino diplomat".
 
Title : La Enferma
Artist :
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
Material or Medium :
Oil on Canvas
Subjective Context :
This painting portrait the conversation of two ladies.




Three Artwork of National Artist " JUAN LUNA "

 Title : Portrait of a Lady
Artist : Juan Luna
Material or Medium : Oil on canvas
Subjective Context : 
The story of spirited young american woman, Isabel Archer, who "affronts her destiny" and finds it overwhelming.
 Title : El Golfo
Artist : Juan Luna
Material or Medium : Oil on canvas
Subjective Context : 
This painting is a portrait of a boy dressed by a formal suits.
Title : Portrait of Miguel Morayta
Artist : Juan Luna
Material or Medium : Oil on canvas 
Subjective Context :
(born August. 15, 1907) is a Spanish film director and
screenwriter. He directed 74 films between 1944 and 1978 .




" DAILY LIFE "

 Title : Towards Graveyard
Artist : Ang Kiukok ( 1931-2001)
National Artist in Painting 2001
Material or Medium : Oil on Canvas ( 40 x 121cm )
 Title : Manila Skyline
Artist : Dominador Castaneda ( 1940 )
Material or Medium : Oil on Canvas ( 45.5 x 65.5 cm)
Title : Pasig River
Artist : Miguel Galvez ( 1948 )
Material or Medium : Oil on Canvas ( 30.5 x 40.5CM )

" BURIAL "

 Title : Patuloy ang Buhay (1948)
Artist : Vicente Manansala
National Artist in Painting (1910-1981)
Material or Medium : Oil on Canvas ( 76 x 85.5cm )
Title : Burial
Artist : Vicente Manansala
National Artist in Painting (1910-1981)
Material or Medium : Oil on Canvas ( 75 x 85.5cm )

" Early Filipino Artistry " RELIGION

Title : First Mass at Limawasa
Artist : Carlos V. Francisco ( 1914-1969 )
National Artist in Painting (1973)

Material or Medium : Oil on Canvas ( 145 x 301cm )
Title : Planting of the First Cross
Artist : Vicente Manansala ( 1910-1981 )
National Artist in Painting ( 1981 )
Material or Medium : Oil on Canvas ( 145 x 301 cm )

Sunday, August 5, 2012

" Old Building of National Museum "

 Left view of the Building from the Entrance

Front View of the Building

Whole view of the Old Building National Museum

The National Museum of the Philippines is the official repository established in 1901 as a natural history and ethnography museum of the Philippines. It is located next to Rizal Park and near Intramuros in Manila. Its main building was designed in 1918 by an American architect Daniel Burnham. Today, that building, the former home of the Congress of the Philippines, holds the National Art Gallery, natural sciences and other support divisions.
The adjacent building in the Agrifina Circle of Rizal Park, formerly housing the Department of Finance, houses the Anthropology and Archaeology Divisions and is known as the Museum of the Filipino People.

" Idiot Box " Sculpture

Title : Idiot Box

Artist : J. Elizalde Navarro (1924-1999)
National Artist in Painting (1999)
Material or Medium : Wood
Subjective Context :

The sculpture explains that we are in prison on our own country.