Nikko Jay B.
de la Rosa BSMT-1
Code: 064
PARISIAN LIFE BY JUAN LUNA
BASIC INFORMATION
• Title of the Work: PARISIAN LIFE
• Artist’s Name: JUAN LUNA
• Medium and Technique: Oil on Canvas ; impressionism
• Dimension or Measurement: 22 x 31 in.(57 x 79 cm.)
• Date of Work: 1892
• Provenance: National Museum of Fine Arts
SEMIOTIC PLANE
• VISUAL ELEMENTS
- The artist was able to convey multitude of messages in a limited space and through a simple subject. The
two men stares directly to the parisian lady. The other gentleman seems avoiding contact with the lady. It
seems that the three gentleman portrayed in the painting are Jose Rizal, the artist, and Ariston Bautista Lin.
• MEDIUM AND TECHNIQUE
- Oil on Canvas. 22x 31 in. (57 x 79 cm.)
- impressionism
• FORMAT OF WORK
- I find the woman, when the image is reverse, resembles the map of the Philippines. The lady was wearing
pink and white which symbolize purity. The dark thing on the lady’s neck means she is being tortured that
symbolized lack of freedom. Her awkward posture suggest that she has the struggle to seat properly. It
shows that the Philippines having a hard life and being oppressed by the hands of the Spaniards during that
time.
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND MARKS OF THE WORK
- Parisian life embodies the elusive thoughts of the Filipino national cognizance. The three courteous
fellows on the image were incredible masterminds of their time. Wearing European top caps and covers,
with a quality of extravagant self-assurance as they appreciate the minute in a Parisian bistro and grasped
the western way of life while remaining enthusiastically Filipino on the most fundamental level.
DESCRIPTION
• When: 1892
• What time: Morning
• What: Breakfast
• Description: A lady sitting on a sofa in awkward position, two men staring at the lady while the
other one is not, pulled out chair, newspaper behind the lady and a half-filled wine glass.
• How: The gentlemen were talking about the lady.
• Analysis: The lady seems to be the main topic of the gentlemen.
• Symbol: The dark sofa situated between the two groups.
• Meaning: Romance-The gentlemen admiring the lady.
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
• Position: Left and Right
The lady in awkward position: her arm overstretched, pink and white clothing, dark thing
around her neck
The gentlemen wearing dark hat and coat
• Background: Inside the café, pulled out chair and a sofa
ICONIC PLANE
• SIGNIFIER-SIGNIFIED RELATIONSHIP
- The lady’s wine is half-filled while the other one is full which signifies inequality.
- The hat and coat wears by the gentlemen signifies the Spaniards.
- The newspaper on the window signifies the events happened during that time.
• POSITION OF FIGURES
- misplaced chair
- awkward position of the lady
• STYLE OF FIGURATION
- The lady’s body is proportional.
- The chair is proportional.
POSITION: - The lady with awkward position is mirror image of the Philippine map.
- The lady was in sideview position.
CONTEXTUAL PLANE
• FULL MEANING OF THE WORK
- it shows the progress of time
- it shows taking the trust of the lady and take control of her by the others
- it represents colonization
- The three gentlemen having discussion about the lady.
- The lady sitting on the sofa was identified as a flirt and prostitute, by that
interpretation discusses the personal experience of the artist with his wife who had an
affair with another man and the lady in the painting was the mirror-image of the
archipelago of the Philippines.
- depicts the Philippines in a disturb state during the Spanish Revolution in 1892
through the uncomfortable position and a pity face of the woman.
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EVALUATIVE PLANE
- The lady sitting on the sofa was identified as a flirt and prostitute, by that
interpretation discusses the personal experience of the artist with his wife who had an
affair with another man and the lady in the painting was the mirror-image of the
archipelago of the Philippines.
- depicts the Philippines in a disturb state during the Spanish Revolution in 1892
through the uncomfortable position and a pity face of the woman.
- The three gentlemen were actually well known Filipinos: Juan Luna, the artist, Jose
Rizal, and Ariston Bautista Lin. These men were living in France at that time.
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DEEPER MEANING- a painting about colonization
- Dramatic and emotional picture.
- intends to arouse sadness and worry.
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