&content_tolentino=1933 – The Bonifacio Monument, in Caloocan City • 1935 The UP Oblation, at the University of the Philippines • 1951 Venus • 1957 Alma Mater statue of the University of the East • undated Filipinas in Bondage &content_popup=Guillermo Tolentino is known as the classical master of Philippine sculpture. He studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines, the Beaux-arts School in New York and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. His famous sculpture is the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City The Bonifacio Monument is a sculpture composed of numerous figures massed around a central obelisk. An obelisk is a tall printed pillar with four sides. The principal figure is Andres Bonifacio, leader of the revolution against Spain; behind him stands Emilio Jacinto, the brains of the Katipunan.