The  Artistic Value of Juan Luna’s Spoliarium

BENITO VILLAREAL; ARNEL MORTE; JOSEPH PAÑA

doi:10.57106/scientia.v12i1.139

Authors

BENITO VILLAREAL Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig
ARNEL MORTE CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY
JOSEPH PAÑA DLSU-MANILA

https://doi.org/10.57106/scientia.v12i1.139

Keywords:

Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, Spoliarium, Politics, Culture, Levinson, Artistic Value

Abstract

This paper discussed the art appreciation technique using Jerrold Levinson’s artistic value in arriving at the importance of aesthetic experience in artwork. Levinson claimed that artistic value covers aesthetic value and achievement value, specifically in analyzing Juan Luna’s Spoliarium, which is considered the largest painting in the Philippines and is proclaimed as a national heritage. This paper argued that art should have aesthetic engagement from the viewer’s point of view which would lead them to discover its artistic value. Thus, this paper used the contextualizing technique since it augments and strengthens artistic engagement.

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Author Biographies

BENITO VILLAREAL, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig

Benito Villareal III studied Climate Change, Science, Communication, and Action at Cornell University in 2017 and a study grant for the Climate Reality Leadership Course sponsored by former US Vice-President Al Gore. He earned a graduate degree in philosophy from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, where he wrote his master's thesis on the political philosophy of Leo Strauss. He conducts lectures on Social Sciences in the different universities for board-license-teachers. He is finishing his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the De La Salle University-Manila. He presents papers at international and local conferences on the themes of education, language, arts, and political philosophy. His recent paper was presented at Northern Illinois University in 2022.

ARNEL MORTE, CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY

Arnel A. Morte is a professor of philosophy at Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon.
He finished his Masters of Art in Philosophy at the Ateneo de Davao University and Theology at
the Ignatian Institute of Religious Education and Holy Cross of Davao College. He has recently
finished his Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy through a fellowship grant by the Central
Mindanao University – Faculty and Staff Development Plan (CMU-FSDP) from De La Salle
University, Manila. His dissertation tackles the issue of internalism surrounding the theory of
John Searle’s collective intentionality. He emphasizes that Searle's theory has non-contradicting
features with the Background concept that consequently makes it compatible with the externalist
perspective as a pre-condition of a shared and genuine we-intention. He finished his research
project under the tutelage of Dr. Napoleon Mabaquiao, who specializes in the Philosophy of Mind.

JOSEPH PAÑA, DLSU-MANILA

Joseph Paña specializes in the areas of ethics, critical theory, and philosophy of dialogue. He obtained his AB in Philosophy (Cum laude) and MA in Philosophy (Magna cum laude) at Christ the King Mission Seminary (SVD), Quezon City, Philippines. He is now a Ph.D. in Philosophy candidate at De La Salle University -Manila working on Jurgen Habermas’s theory of communicative action.