Botero Plaza
| Botero Plaza | |
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| Plaza Botero, Plaza de las Esculturas | |
Sculpture park | |
| Location | Medellín, Colombia |
| Open | 2004 |
Botero Plaza, surrounded by the Museum of Antioquia and the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture, is a 7,000 m2 outside park that displays 23 sculptures by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who donated these and several other artworks for the museum's renovation in 2004.[1][2] The plaza is located in an area of Medellín, Colombia, known as the "Old Quarter".
History
Throughout his career, Fernando Botero has donated several artworks to museums in
Four more of his sculptures can be found in Medellín's Berrío Park and San Antonio Plaza.[citation needed]
Sculptures
The sculptures are all made out of bronze. Many of them were previously housed in museums of Paris, New York, and Madrid. The sculptures tend to have simple names, such as "The Hand", "Eve", "Maternity", "Man on horseback", and "Roman Soldier" to name a few. The "Botero legend" suggests that rubbing the statues brings love and good fortune.[4]
List of statues in the plaza:
- Mujer
- Mujer con fruta
- Gato
- Adán
- Eva
- Caballo
- Mujer con espejo
- Mujer sentada
- Perro
- Hombre vestido
- Mujer vestida
- Maternidad
- Esfinge
- Rapto de Europa
- Hombre a caballo
- Mujer reclinada
- Hombre caminante
- Caballo con bridas
- Soldado romano
- Cabeza
- Pensamiento
Gallery
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"Thought" -
"Head" -
View of museum and plaza -
"Man on Horseback" -
"Roman Soldier"
References
- ISBN 978-1-118-60741-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4422-0937-4.
- ISBN 978-1-937157-05-0.
- ISBN 978-2-06-718208-0.
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