AESTHET IA #4
National Museum of the Philippines- National Art Gallery
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- Nude in Front of a Mirror by Emilio Aguilar Cruz
This oil on canvas is entitled Nude in Front of a Mirror by Emilio Aguilar Cruz. In my own opinion the painting is conveying a nude girl that is mesmerized of her beautiful body and is reflecting on life while fixing her hair. The painting shows a deep message about what women imagine while in front of a mirror.
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2. Nude Lady by Emilio Aguilar Cruz
This oil on canvas is entitled Nude Lady by Emilio Aguilar Cruz. In my own opinion the painting is conveying about the beautiful creation of our Lord which is mankind. It also portrays a muddled Chinese girl that is struggling with a big problem about the choices the she made in life.
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3. Seated Nude beside Flower Vase by Emilio Aguilar Cruz
This oil on canvas is entitled Seated Nude beside Flower Vase by Emilio Aguilar Cruz. In my own opinion the painting is conveying about a nude girl fantasizing about the life that she could’ve have if she only got the chance to take the right path for her life.
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4. Give and Let Live by Edgar Talusan Fernandez
This oil on canvas is entitled Give and Let Live by Edgar Talusan Fernandez. In my own opinion the painting is conveying about life itself, it is telling me to live life to the fullest and don’t give up on the dream that I have, even though there would be hard obstacles that I would encounter.
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This oil on canvas is entitled Cemetery by Jaime De Guzman. In my own opinion the painting shows that the painter lost a family member or good friend that shows that he couldn’t take off his mind the picture of the cemetery where his good friend is buried. I can feel the pain that I have whenever we visit the cemetery where my grandfather is buried.
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6. Sabbath of the Witches by Jaime de Guzman
This ink on paper is entitled Sabbath of the Witches by Jaime De Guzman. In my own opinion the painting is conveying the special day of the witches where they would have a meeting on the wretched plans that they have in mind. When I first saw this painting horror struck to me because of the scary faces on the painting and the darkness that it shows.
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7. Altar de San Francisco by Manuel Baldemor
This oil on canvas is entitled Altar de San Francisco by Manuel Baldemor. In my own opinion the painting is conveying about the devotion that catholics have where they praise altars like Alter de San Francisco.
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8. Isidro Arceo by Urbana David
This oil on canvas is entitled Isidro Arceo by Urbana David. She is a writer and this painting is trying to what she looks like and inspire kids to be like Isidro Arceo which was a successful Filipino writer.