Andreas' posts with tag: art
|  | From a gold man, a Betty Boo,a witch, man in his private toilet, puppeteer, and dancing indians. They are truly amusing and creative as well. It was taken on my one-week journey a few months ago in autumn (yup, I know better late than never)
It was taken in two places within two big cities, Madrid and Barcelona. , but the most favorable, in spite of its touristy things, is La Rambla, that's seemingly the most-sought tourist destination in Barcelona, undoubtedly I love this city
I didn't manage to capture all photos of all performing street artists since we do need to donate our money for their performance, otherwise they would keep moving, showing their refusal for a photo
I'm so fortunate to choose a nice hostel in Sol, where the street artists are usually present (Thanks to LP for the hostel recommendation). It's also located close to Plaza Mayor, a square where cafes, restaurants attract lots of tourist (and a backpacker like me) so it's truly an ideal place for street artists to make a living.
In one morning in Barcelona, I happened to see them preparing their make-up, their costumes. During the day they would compete to withdraw as many tourists as possible
I'm really sorry since one of the artists shown here is not a genuine artist. I hope you're able to find "the fake artist"
References :
- La Rambla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rambla,_Barcelona
- Plaza Mayor, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Mayor_%28Madrid%29 |
| | An art work describing the advancement of civilazation, the use of some kind of fengshui to avoid sudden attack to the sultan and the tiles depicting bible story are the things we’re not likely to think in Keraton Cirebon. It was startling to see those things.
It happened when I came to this palace in Cirebon, my surprise was actually something amusing after knowing the facts found there since each visitor has to be accompanied by a guide who fluently explained the whole details. I could say that I have bigger appreciation for this palace after my visit. The guide explained many stories and behind the scene situation unknown before, the throne does not directly face the main gate to avoid sudden attack, two types of tiles on the wall were all imported from Netherlands (the blue one is about the nature but the brown one is about Bible Story, so that I could see Samson in action hehehe. I could even crucifixion scene on some tiles). To my surprise, the Sultan also produced an art work portraying the advancement of civilazation and even the guide told me perhaps the anti porno bill could sometime eradicate this art.
BTW, culinary journey is also possible in Cirebon, from bubur sop, empal gentong, nasi jamblang and more … :-P
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