To this day the artist Ferdinand Botero Becomes 90 And Google is celebrating that Google Arts & Culture Emphasize the interactive sentences of his work and make people learn more about him.

The technology platform noted that they highlight more than 100 digital images and online collections to allow people to experience, interact and learn stories beyond the Colombian artist’s most representative drawings.

Anyone on Google’s digital platform can learn more about the artist’s technical details, the motivation for his or her most famous work, and the stories that accompany his or her cult creations.

One of the artist’s most famous paintings is his oil-based recreation of a painting by Leonardo da Vinci from the early 16th century: an intriguing portrait depicting the noble Lisa del Giocondo. It was in 1978 that he painted his own version where his forms are exaggerated as seen on Google Arts & Culture.

Augmented reality settings

From the comfort of a mobile device, people can live with the experience of admiring the works of the Latin American artist, they just need to enter this link: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/BQVhCUv_Tk5vSA, or by downloading from Google. Arts & Culture App. Culture from your iOS or Android app store.

But not only are the works digital, but they can also be viewed in augmented reality and with brief explanations in the text to learn more about the drawings and their author.

Also, images can be displayed anywhere in their home with the help of Art Projector and even capture the moment with a camera. On the other hand, the two most important works: 20 de Julio and the Guitar Lesson, which are in the Columbia National Museum, are available for appreciation at the Art Zoom.

The latter tool allows the visitor to feel that they are observing the works in detail, as the scaling allows each detail, brush and barcode performed by the artist to appreciate the art in high resolution.

Using Art Zoom, Colombian singer J Balvin explained “20 de Julio” in a video, recalled his childhood and recounted the characteristics of Boterismo.

Who is Botero?

We must remember that Fernando Botero is the creator of the “Boterism” of the artistic current. Characterized by Voluminous characters and a palette of explosive colors. His signature style depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated tribes, used to portray political criticism or humor in the work.

His artistic training was self-taught, although he attended the San Fernando Academy in Madrid and the San Marcos Academy in Florence. His first known works were the illustrations printed in the literary appendix of the newspaper ColombianFrom his hometown.

At the age of 19 he traveled to Bogot., Where he presented his first solo exhibition of watercolors, gouache, ink and oils at the Leo Matisse Gallery, and with the proceeds lived for a time in Tolu. From his stay there came an oil painting “By the Sea”, which won the second prize for painting at the IX Annual Exhibition of Colombian Artists. In 1977, he first exhibited his bronze at the Grand Palais de Paris. After four decades of continuous work, his recognition has become universal in the field of sculpture.

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