Subjective Meaning In Spoliarium

Subjective meaning in spoliarium

 

Gladiator is the subject of the spoliarium painting. The picture recreates a despoiling scene in a Roman circus where dead gladiators are stripped of weapons and garments.

At the center of the painting are fallen gladiators being dragged by Roman soldiers. On the left, spectators ardently await their chance to strip off the combatants of their metal helmets and other armory. In contrast with the charged emotions featured on the left, the right side meanwhile presents a somber mood. An old man carries a torch perhaps searching for his son while a woman weeps the death of her loved one.

Meaning of Spoliarium

Spoliarium is a Latin word referring to the basement of the Roman Colosseum where the fallen and dying gladiators are dumped and devoid of their worldly possessions.

Who painted the spolarium?

Spolarium is a painting done by Filipino painter Juan Luna in 1884. Juan Luna is a Filipino educated at the Academia de Dibujo y Pintura (Philippines) and at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, Spain. He was submitted the painting to the  Exposicion Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid where it garnered the first gold medal. Luna, working on canvas, spent eight months completing the painting which depicts dying gladiators.

Spoliarium is the most valuable oil-on-canvas painting by Juan Luna and it is the largest painting in the Philippines with a size of 4.22 meters x 7.675 meters,

It currently hangs in the main gallery at the first floor of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila, and is the first work of art that greets visitors upon entry into the museum.  

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