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  2. Spoliarium - Wikipedia

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    The Spoliarium is a painting by Filipino painter Juan Luna. Luna, working on canvas , spent eight months completing the painting which depicts dying gladiators. The painting was submitted by Luna to the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in 1884 in Madrid , where it garnered the first gold medal (out of three). [ 1 ]

  3. Juan Luna - Wikipedia

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    Spoliarium of Juan Luna displayed at Philippine National Museum of Fine Arts. In 1883, Luna commenced work on the painting commissioned by the Ayuntamiento. By May 1884, he dispatched the expansive canvas portraying the Spoliarium to Madrid for the annual Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes. Remarkably, he became the inaugural recipient of one ...

  4. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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    Author(s) Year published Year Banned Year Unbanned Type Notes The Decameron: Giovanni Boccaccio: 1353 1927 1936 Story collection Banned in Australia from 1927 to 1936 and from 1938 to 1973. [5] 1938 1973 The 120 Days of Sodom (1789) Marquis de Sade: 1789 1957 *Unknown* Novel Banned by the Australian Government in 1957 for obscenity. [6] Droll ...

  5. List of National Cultural Treasures in the Philippines

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    An oil-on-canvass painting depicting the assassination of Spanish governor-general Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda in 1719. The painting won Hidalgo a silver medal in the 1884 Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain. E.A.D. Gobernador Bustamante Historical Marker, Manila: 1974 [11] Balangays

  6. Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho - Wikipedia

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    An oil on canvas painting measuring 1.15 m × 1.57 m (45 in × 62 in), Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho is a "landmark painting" depicting the persecution of Christians in Ancient Rome. [3]

  7. The Death of Cleopatra - Wikipedia

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    A study (boceto) for what would become the final painting was created in 1880, modeled on an 1874 painting of the death of Cleopatra by the French painter Jean-André Rixens. [12] Unlike the final piece, the boceto was sold for ₱9.3 million at an auction by Salcedo Auctions in March 2019.

  8. The Clitoris' Vanishing Act - The Huffington Post

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.

  9. The Blood Compact - Wikipedia

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    The masterpiece was painted by Luna [7] during his four-year pensionadoship from the Ayuntamiento de Manila, [1] [5] enabling him to continue studying painting in Rome. [8] It is one of the three paintings Luna gave to the Government of Spain , even though he was only obligated to paint just one canvas during the pensionadoship.