Does anyone know about Juan Lunas painting “Spolarium”?
A bit of information about Juan Luna and this quote by Jose Rizal: “In the S(p)olarium, through that canvas which is not mute, is heard the tumult of the multitude, the shouts of slaves, the wailing of the orphans, the chanting of prayer, with such vigor and realism as when we hear the crash of the thunderbolt amids the roar of the waterfalls or the rumbling sound of the appalling and inspiring earthquake”. here: http://www.angelfire.com/ab/pagemaster99… Here’s more information on the painting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jondel… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoliarium And here is a forum discussion of the underlying meaning(s): http://tambayan.1.forumer.com/a/spolariu… A
