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Nouveau Réalisme and Modern Typography

Yves Klein and Piet Zwart

               Alpes-Maritimes (France) - Yves Klein

                                Zaandijk (Netherlands) - Piet Zwart

Danao City:

                                        Danao City:

                   Gozos (Batobalani sa Gugma)

                                                            

    The Sinulog Festival is one of the foremost celebrations of the Santo Niño (Infant Jesus) in the Philippines. The adoration of the people of Cebu towards the religious patron has been pronounced ever since the Spanish explorers lead by Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines on February 17, 1521. It was the Santo Niño that captured the hearts of the native islanders to convert to Christianity. The Gozos (Batobalani sa Gugma) is the choral song that the people sing during the lavish parades and festivities during the Sinulog Festival which is observed during the third Sunday of January each year. The celebration usually lasts for 9 days.

Metro Manila:

                Metro Manila:

                The Action Stars of The Philippine Cinema

                                                           Series One

From the decades past, from the late 50s to the early 80s, These action stars dominated the movie industry with portrayals of both heroes and villains. Max Alvarado, along with Rodolfo "Boy" Garcia, had played countless characters both protagonists and antagonists. While highly skilled swordsman- Johnny Monteiro, dubbed " The Douglas Fairbanks of the Philippine Cinema", skirmished and leaped like any European fencers into the dear hearts of his fans. Moreover, there was the tragically lost at an early age- Jess Lapid who was an incredible stuntman and fight coordinator.

At present, the Philippine Cinema has gotten inundated with "Romcoms- Romantic comedies" and heavy dramas while  the rest of Asian movie countries like Hong Kong, Thailand and, even the emerging Indonesia has flourished in the action genres.

Gone were the days of heroes versus the villains, the ultimate passion play of good versus evil. The last of the great action artists like Fernando Poe Jr. and Rudy Fernandez have all gone to heaven. Moreover, those that were left behind like Robin Padilla, Philip Salvador, and Cesar Montano have all gone soft and converted to dramas and comedies.

Basketball Diaries

from "Those People Who Died"

Teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old
Fell from the roof on East Two-nine
Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug
On 26 reds and a bottle of wine
Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old
He looked like 65 when he died
He was a friend of mine


Punk, New Wave poet Jim Carroll was an aspiring and potentially great basketball player who could have been a professional star until the toil of drug use crumbled his dreams- thus the moral lesson of "Basketball Diaries" which became a launching movie for Leonardo DiCaprio.

The Conquistador of Manila

                         MANILA- INTRAMUROS DISTRICT 2011

Martín de Goiti (1534–1574) founded the City of Manila in the Philippines when he subdued the combined native forces of the Islamic rulers of Manila (Maynilad) - Rajah Sulaiman III,  Rajah Lakan Dula and Rajah Sulaiman II. He marched his troops towards Tondo, the heart of Manila. Subsequently, they  defeated the thousand-strong warriors that skirmished when them in Tondo, establishing a foothold settlements.The Spanish conquistadors, then, constructed Fort Santiago, a military and trading outpost that still exists at present.

Matthias Grünewald

                                           Gütersloh

       

                                   Germany - Gütersloh 2013



Matthias Grünewald 
German Renaissance Painter

Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani

Barcelona - District of Sants-Montjuïc 2013

Fundació Joan Miró, Centre d'Estudis d'Art Contemporani (Joan Miró Foundation)

Fundació Joan Miró is very beautiful museum that houses various important works by one of Catalunya's best modern artists- Joan Miró. The building is located on top of Montjuic overlooking the vast cityscape of Barcelona. Accessible by a funicular train or by strenuous walk up the hill via stairways, the museum is part of a vast complex of urban nature park, historical fort, an Olympic Stadium, and other world-class museums.

The World of the Mayans

Cancún- Chichen Itza 2004

Chichen Itza holds the largest mayan city-temple complex in the world. It was both a commercial and  a religious site where Mayans from all over the region come and go for ritual pilgrimage and merchant exchanges.

ANDRES BONIFACIO: THE GREAT FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY

                              Celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio 
                                              Sheetlet of 8 with Middle Tab Logo

          Rt to Left: Emilio Jacinto  Procopio Bonifacio Gregoria De Jesus Andres Bonifacio

Wine Country - Portugal- Full Sheet

Peso De Regua (2013)

Vineyard cultivation and  wine making