Bullfight:PaintingsAndWorksOnPaper
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- 出版社 AccBookDistribution
- 出版时间 2014年11月
- ISBN 9780991341931
- 定价 1652.00
内容简介
FernandoBotero，bestknownas"Maestro"，isoneofthemostfamouslivingartistsintheworldtodayInBullfightBoterofocusesonthearenaofmanvs.animalinhisstudyofLatinAmericanculturetoday;theresultisabeautifulmeditationononeofthemostdramaticsportsonearthBullfight:PaintingsandWorksonPaperisGlitterati'ssecondcollectionofworksbyworld-renownedColombianartistFernandoBotero.Featuringmorethan140oilspaintingsand35drawings，thisbookisacomprehensivelookatanotheroftheartist'smosticonicsubjects.Inhisyouth，Boterodevelopedapassionforbullfightingthathasremainedwithhimthroughouthisillustrious，six-decadecareer.Theartistwasprofoundlyinfluencedbythespectacleofthebullring-thevividcolours，thedynamicmovement，thebeautyandviolence，braveryandfear.InBotero'ssignaturestyle，thefiguresofthebullfightappearinflatedandvoluptuous，agrandioseexplorationofscale，space，andvolume.Matadorsandpicadors，horsesandbulls，spiritedcrowdsandstrikingportraits-allareexaggeratedandexaltedbythehandoftheartist.AsJoseManuelCaballeroBonaldwrites，'Histaskisnottoreproducerealityasitappearsbeforethenakedeyebutrathertoreinventorreconstructitaccordingtohispersonalexperienceandaccumulatedfeelings.InthissensethereisnopaintermoretrulyColombianthanBotero.Andyet，themoregenuinelylocalhisartis，themoreuniversalitbecomes.'
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