Art of Fernando Botero

Art of Fernando Botero

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Author: Juan Carlos Botero

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 240


Fernando Botero (Medellin, Colombia, 1932) is the best known Latin American artist from the second half of the 20th century still active today. Coinciding with his 80th birthday, this publication pays tribute to the career of a painter, draughtsman and sculptor who has developed his own, instantly recognisable style, and who celebrates a remarkably vivid, vital reality through the exaltation of volume and colour. This biography will offer us an intimate and visual tour in Fernando Botero's art through the words of his son Juan Carlos Botero who outlines his father's place in contemporary art, examines the main themes in his work, and discusses his artistic principles. SELLING POINTS: .Deciphers Botero's aesthetics and explain his universality, while bringing us closer to a work whose purpose is to create beauty and to produce pleasure 100 colour and 20 b/w illustrations



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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Juan Carlos Botero

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 240


Fernando Botero (Medellin, Colombia, 1932) is the best known Latin American artist from the second half of the 20th century still active today. Coinciding with his 80th birthday, this publication pays tribute to the career of a painter, draughtsman and sculptor who has developed his own, instantly recognisable style, and who celebrates a remarkably vivid, vital reality through the exaltation of volume and colour. This biography will offer us an intimate and visual tour in Fernando Botero's art through the words of his son Juan Carlos Botero who outlines his father's place in contemporary art, examines the main themes in his work, and discusses his artistic principles. SELLING POINTS: .Deciphers Botero's aesthetics and explain his universality, while bringing us closer to a work whose purpose is to create beauty and to produce pleasure 100 colour and 20 b/w illustrations