13. What do you see? What does the background of this painting indicate to you? How do the figures depicted fit in this setting? What about their clothes? Look at the proportions of the two figures. What do you think the sizes indicate?
14. Junta Militar 1973 “ At first glance the work is a signature Botero - full figures in bright, flat colors but a second reading evokes the kernel of his developing fascination with the military and on a more emotional level, issues such as loss, sadness and nostalgia. Junta Militar exudes a slightly unsettling atmosphere and in its mild, almost deceiving way, it is a milestone on the artist’s road to uncovering the many layers of society’s dehumanization which often occurs at the hands of politicians and generals.” Artnexus.com
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