THE TRIP TO CUBA THAT ENDED IN LUNETA by VW Bro. Bernardino L. Saplaco‚ Jr. Past Grand Pursuivant I simply want‚ in this article‚ to recreate important events that culminated in Dr. Jose Rizal’s execution on Bagumbayan field (now the Luneta)‚ the centennial anniversary of which we commemorated on December 30‚ last year (1996); to pose at certain points‚ perhaps for polemical reasons‚ some pertinent questions which‚ to me‚ still clamor for satisfying answers; to reiterate a couple of famous tributes
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At the cooper Hewitt museum‚ a few pieces stood out to me in the Scarps and Kravis exhibits. On the first floor of the Cooper Hewitt museum‚ there is the “Scraps: Fashion‚ Textiles and Creative Rescue” exhibit. The exhibit reveals the work done by three designers; Luisa Cevese‚ Christina Kim‚ and Reiko Sudo. I truly enjoyed this exhibit‚ because it contained fabrics‚ fashion‚ and textiles‚ which are all intriguing to me. As a fashion designer‚ I was very interested in the textures and patterns incorporated
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In the Folk Museum The concept of belonging The Museum A museum is a place of past. A folk museum celebrates the lives and lifestyle of a bygone era. This particular ‘folk museum’ is displaying the culture and life of the early Australians. The persona feels disconnected from the experience – the almost deathly scene betrays his‚ and others‚ lack of interest. Through the use of imagery‚ the poet sets a cold‚ stale‚ dark and a silent place and this highlights the persona’s feeling of not belonging
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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO Bilbao—today one of the top tourist destinations in Europe—was such a backwater in the 1990s that‚ according to Gehry‚ the 265‚000-square-foot museum‚ beside the Nervión River‚ went up almost unnoticed by the press. That only contributed to the drop-dead impact it created with its unveiling. “I like to work under the radar as much as I can. It’s been harder since I’ve gotten notorious‚” says Gehry. The first photos of the near-complete structure‚ which resembles a gargantuan
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exactly forty-four years before I was born‚ makes me connect with it even more. Finally‚ after 9 years of looking up facts and watching documentaries‚ I visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Farmington Hills‚ Michigan. According to the Wall Street Journal‚ this museum in particular “may be the most provocative museum of them all” (“What They’re Saying‚” par. 1). Just driving past the building makes a strong statement due to the museum’s exterior wall which resembles the barbed wire fences from a
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Curtis Hess Museum Experience The outside activity that I chose to do was to visit a museum. The museum in which I visited was the Brandywine River Museum. This museum is located in Chadds Ford PA‚ which is right outside of Philadelphia‚ and like the name says it sits right along the Brandywine River. I went to this fine art museum with my sister who lives in the area and we did not take a guided tour‚ instead we just walked around on our own time and were able to talk about the paintings with each
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I had the pleasure of visiting The Miami Art Museum and was very impressed by what I encountered and viewed. I have never found interest in art until I got to see the museum. Throughout my exploration at the Miami Art Museum I was able to view a wide selection of art. In this venture‚ I viewed the most beautiful artwork I had ever seen‚ observed interesting non European/North American art‚ was alarmed by the most disturbing works ‚ explored a breath taking exhibition‚ and actually found work that
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Museum I’m going to tell about one of the oldest museum in Kazakhstan. West Kazakhstan Regional History Museum was founded in 1832. In his organization were directly involved well-known scholars of the time Karelin and Berg. Now the museum is located in the historical and architectural building built in 1879 in the eastern style of Russian-Kazakh school. The museum has its own branches: House-Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Mametova‚ House Museum of E. Pugacheva‚ The House-Museum
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The last decades‚ museum studies and practice are marked by a shift in traditional museum views that emerged from a strong critique towards the narratives‚ values and‚ finally‚ the very definition of museums in contemporary western society. The emergence of New Museology was decisive in theorizing and putting this turn into a larger context that involved ideological‚ political and aesthetic dimensions. Museums‚ far from being neutral spaces of knowledge have a significant function in the mediation
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In the folk museum A darkness in the rooms - sinister connotations Betrays the absence of voices‚ - personification Departing from steps And veranda rails – Hyphen marks a break to the extended metaphor of Autumn On to a street that leads around Autumn Which stands at the door Dressed in yellow and brown. Personification/metaphor I look at words – connotes disconnection‚ diction “look” not “read” That describe machinery‚ clothes‚ transport‚ - accumulation‚ shows little interest
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