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Fernando Amorsolo, the first National Artist, is celebrated for having created in the collective psyche an idyllic and idealized vision of the Philippines. Amorsolo's bright and colorful pastoral representations are unmistakable for being suffused with a golden glow, reflecting the sweet disposition, charm, and wholesome beauty of the dalagang bukid, or Philippine provincial lass - widely recognized to be the maestros most iconic subject matter. Surrounded by verdant foliage dappled with sunlight, she is the picture of a longed-for, bygone era - the epitome of everything that is good about the motherland. The banga or clay jar that the young lady carries, a vessel for carrying water, is seen as a symbol of fragility and innocence, and is a reference to the song made famous by National Artist Atang de la Rama in the 1919 sarswela Dalagang Bukid: "May isang dalagang nagsalok ng tubig Kinis ng ganda nya'y hubog sa nilatik..."