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Me at the National Museum Of Fine Arts Hi, my dear writers and readers, for today's blog, I'm gonna share with you how beautiful the National museum of fine arts is. I took a 1 day's leave last Wednesday cause there's something that I can't explain like I'm lost or whatever and I need to breathe and calm my mind. I decided to go to SM north for my passport renewal but while travelling I forgot that the transaction and appointments must be online. So I went to Manila instead, using the LRT I revisit the Museum for the fourth time if I had been given a chance I want to live there, to be honest. **I love the architectural design of this building ❣**

These are some photos, enjoy! A portrait of our National Hero **"Dr Jose Rizal"**

In this area, is a mural painting about the history of the Philippines from the arrival of Magellan, world war and until we became free I suggest you visit it personally so you can appreciate it more :)

There are also varieties of mediums inside and you gonna love it for sure! Scraps and metals, Oil, acrylics, woods, stone carvings, and even blankets.

I took an opportunity to get a mirror shot lol!

Upon entering, the first painting that you will see is this one. One of the best and most iconic paintings by Juan Luna **"The Spolarium"** well, as expected cause this artwork is controversial and won a first-class medal in the Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts. He did it! Proud Filipino here 👌 It illustrates two dead gladiators being dragged by Romans to the centre. On the left, scavengers eye the dead men’s possessions while a Roman beside them raises a fist in protest. A woman mourns a loved one on the right side while an old man searches for a body amid the smoky haze. The depiction of Roman cruelty in the painting has been interpreted as an allegory for the state of the Philippines under Spanish rule. *Spolarium is a Roman Colosseum basement where fallen gladiators were thrown in after combat.* `You can read more here:` https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/375408/spoliarium-by-juan-luna-1884/ Curiosity makes me do a little research about this, I also watched a documentary explaining Luna and this painting. There are speculations and theories that Luna killed his own wife and just like his Brother Antonio Luna, Juan is known as aggressive and quite impetuous if you are interested to know more about him you can watch this documentary by Howie Severino. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3_Qg5O5OqU

**Juan Luna in his art studio in Madrid** That's it for today Fellas. I was planning to visit some other museums here in the Philippines gonna date and spoiled myself on a museum date with my own 🥰 **This is Mooon ...** **I'm out! 🤙**

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