Street art · Madrid
Photo: Basilio, CC BY-SA 3.0
El rapto de Europa
By Fernando Botero
This bronze woman on a bull, weighing tons yet looking weightless, is Fernando Botero's take on the Greek myth 'The Rape of Europa' — inflated into his trademark voluminous 'Boterismo' style that turns monumental mass into playful satire.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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