Hymen, oh hyménée! also known as Boda Romana (Roman wedding) was

painted by a Filipino artist named Juan Luna . He started painting this masterpiece

since the year 1886 and finished it on the year 1887 which means It took him a

year to finish this piece of art. Working on canvas, the painting is 1.25 m tall and

2.505 m long. This painting depicts a scene of a roman wedding ritual portraying

The bride as it enters into the grooms chapel And there were some guests behind

her excitingly throwing flowers and cheering her in their wedding. It is a painting

with a light color scheme and lighter subject. The hymen o hyménéé emphasizes

the joy felt in a wedding.

The first thing we can notice in the painting is that it is so bright. The lines are

soft and realistic. The color on this painting is mostly white, red and blue. The

painter used cool colors in his artwork with white as the central color that attracts

attention. It is about the bride entering the grooms chapel and the guests behind

her were cheering for her as she walks. The ladies behind her has light colors

while men was painted with warmer colors. And we can see that there was a man

stopping a goat from eating the flowers on the ground. The proportions of the

bodies in the painting were drawn fairly as it would look like in the real life. And

the bright colors such as white symbolizes a positive mood and joy.

I believe that Juan Luna’s painting, Hymen, o Hyménée depicts the cultural

universal views. The painting focuses on the wedding where it symbolizes the

love, mutual respect, equality, joy and sacrifice .

For me, this painting successful l because the lines, lighting, colors and shapes

were successfully drawn which gives the painting a more realistic vibe. And it

deserves more than a bronze medal.

Hymen-oh-Hyménée - Hymen oh hymeenee

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