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''Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho'' or ''The Christian Virgins Exposed to the Populace'' is a famous 1884 history painting by Filipino painter, reformist, and propagandist〔 Félix Resurrección Hidalgo.〔(Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo ), Appreciating Luna and Hidalgo, Looking Back, Philippine Daily Inquirer, page 9, February 14, 2001〕 The painting is alternately known as ''The Christian Virgins Exposed to the Rabble'',〔Halili, M.C. (Las virgenes Cristianas expuestas al populacho (Christian Virgins Exposed to the Rabble) ), Philippine History, books.google.com〕 ''Jovenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho'' (''Christian Maidens Exposed to the Populace''),〔Ocampo, Ambeth R. (Las virgenes Cristianas expuestas al populacho, Jovenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho, Christian Maidens Exposed to the Populace) ), Looking Back, Philippine Daily Inquirer, page 9, March 15, 2000.〕 ''Christian Virgins Presented to the Populace'',〔(Hall of Masters ), The National Art Gallery of the Philippines, aseancultureandinformation.org〕〔(Hall of Masters ), The National Art Gallery of the Philippines, aseancultureandinformation.org〕 ''The Christian Virgins Being Exposed to the Populace'',〔 and ''Christian Virgins Exposed to the Mob''. The painting was a silver medalist (ninth silver medal award among forty-five〔〔(Filipino Painters And Their Masterpieces ), thecrushingblow.net〕〔) during the 1884 Exposicion General de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain, also known as the Madrid Exposition.〔〔(Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho ), lopezmuseum.org〕〔(Filipino Painters And Their Masterpieces ), Philippine-travel-guide.com〕〔Mendoza, Laurence. (Introduction to the Philippine Web Site ), ternar.com〕 According to Raquel A.G. Reyes, Hidalgo's winning the silver medal for the painting was a landmark achievement that proved the ability of Filipinos to match the work of Spaniards and laid claim to Filipino participation in European culture.〔Reyes, Raquel A.G. (Love, Passion and Patriotism: Sexuality and the Philippine Propaganda ), books.google.com〕 Regarded as one of the national treasures of the Philippines,〔(Filipino art goes on display ), APEC 2009, straitstimes.com, Nov 14, 2009〕 a copy of the painting is currently housed at the Philippine's Metropolitan Museum of Manila〔(Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas Al Populacho by Felix Resurrecion Hidaldo ), artesdelasfilipinas.com〕 and a part of the art collection of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines).〔 The original was destroyed in a fire at the University of Valladolid in Spain.〔("Virgenes Cristiana Expuestas al Populacho" by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo ), inquirer.net〕 ==Description== An oil on canvas painting measuring 1.15 m × 1.57 m (45 × 62 in), ''Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho'' is a "landmark painting" depicting the persecution of Christians in Ancient Rome.〔 Described as a masterpiece remarkable in the aspects of quality, composition, and historical context,〔 it portrays two scantily clothed Christian female slaves being mocked by a group of boorish Roman male onlookers.〔 One of the women is posed seated naked at the foreground of the painting with her "head bowed in misery".〔Barrios, Ricci F. (Mentoring the Mentors ), inquirer.net, November 03, 2008〕〔(Felix Ressurreccion Hidalgo ), kulay-diwa.com〕 The semi-nude women have been stripped not only of their garments but also of their dignity.〔 Created in the academic style of Europe, the unfortunate women in the artwork are considered by some indigenous Filipinos as virgins "being led out, stolen from, and ridiculed".〔Tan, Clarissa. (Acceptance, satire, rebellion ) – the Philippine and Mexican exhibitions at the Singapore Art Museum show us the many ways artists deal with the powers that be, clarissa-tan.com, November 16, 2009〕 The women are young virgins cornered by a mob of "sexually hungry" Roman men.〔 One of the men has his hand over one semi-naked female whose eyes are "looking up to heaven" asking and begging for "help that never comes".〔 Together with Juan Luna's ''Spoliarium'', Hidalgo’s ''Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho'' presents "human spoliage and spoils", with ''human spoilage'' more related to Luna's ''Spoliarium'' and the ''human spoils'' closer to Hidalgo's ''Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho''. Such themes were presented to the "juries and audiences" of the Madrid exposition in order to satisfy the "erudition-quotient" essential to the conservative scholarly Neoclassicism of Hidalgo and Luna while they were spending time in Europe.〔(Spoiled, spoils ), Hidalgo and Luna: Vexed Modernity (page 4 of 8), lopezmuseum.org〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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