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The Parisian Life by Juan Luna Parisian Life (also known as Interior d’un Café), dated in 1892 is a work from a distinctive period. Even more importantly, it dates from the last year of painter Juan Luna’s own Parisian life, painted barely a few months before the artist would be caught up in dramatic events … Read more

Recuerdo de Patay, sometimes referred to as ‘The Dead Child’ is displayed at the National Museum of Fine Arts’ gallery of 19th-century portraiture. Completed in 1896, this oil painting of an infant seemingly in deep sleep may have been commissioned during her funeral as the family’s memento mori, a remembrance of the deceased beloved, which … Read more

PHILIPPINE CREATION MYTH: Mindanao-Bagobo In the beginning, Diwata created the sea and the land and planted many kinds of trees. He took two lumps of earth, shaped these as humans, and finally spit on them, bringing to life a man and woman. He called the man Tuglay, and the woman Tuglbung. The two married and … Read more

The Milky Way and the Filipino Ethnic Beliefs If you look up at the sky during a moonless night, you might see a thin strip of light that is glowing faintly. This is the Milky Way. It is actually a galaxy that is made of millions upon millions of stars. Local communities located along the … Read more