''Tampuhan'', meaning " sulking",Discussion of "Tampuhan" (Sulking) painting by Juan Luna
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impressionist painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna. It depicts a Filipino man and a Filipino woman having a lovers' quarrel.

Description

Luna's Tampuhan is a depiction of two persons staying inside the '' sala'' or

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of a

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. The two people are Filipino

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s sulking – experiencing "''tampo''" – because of an argument. The man is looking out at the street beside a Capiz shell window, leaning on the ''ventanilla''. The woman on the other hand, wearing a

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, has her eyes focused on the floor. According to Rosalinda Orosa, the man is Ariston Bautista Lin, a friend of Luna who studied medicine in Europe. Orosa further described that the woman is Emiliana Trinidad. Trinidad is the ancestor of the owner of the painting, and is claimed by Orosa to be the same woman who posed for Luna's '' La Bulaqueña'', another Luna artwork that illustrates

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Discussion on Juan Luna's "Tampuhan" painting
, from the ''Who was Luna's La Bulaqueña?'' article, Looking Back, Anvil Publishing, Inc., National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 11 November 1989: (...) "''Tampuhan'' shows two people, perhaps lovers, seated in the sala of a house. The man is looking out of the window into the street, while the woman has her eyes on the floor, which very likely gives the title " mpuhan" to this canvas (...)

Relation to Filipino culture

In Filipino courtship, culture,

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and psychology, '' tampuhan'' (from the Filipino-language root word ''tampo'') or sulking is in essence a disagreement between a couple where they do not speak to each other. This is sometimes called "the silent treatment". Other expressions of sulking in the love life of Filipinos include other non-verbal actions such as keeping to one's self, being unusually quiet, or refusing to interact with friends in group activities, family outings or other activities, and even merely locking one's self in his or her bedroom. To end the sulking, one of the lovers has to coax the other, or both persuade each other to resolve by coming up with an agreement or compromise.“Tampuhan” and “tampo”
seasite.niu.edu The setting is also significant to Philippine culture as the couples are depicted to live in a traditional colonial Filipino house known as

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, with its iconic interior and structure fit for the tropical climate, while the woman is wearing the traditional

of Filipino women.

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by Marne L. Kilates based on Luna's ''Tampuhan'' painting with a reference to Luna's other painting entitled '' The Parisian Life''. {{Juan Luna 1895 paintings Impressionist paintings Paintings by Juan Luna