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- View of Toledo. There are two landscapes by El Greco that have survived to the present day; the other is View and Plan of Toledo, also known as Vista de Toledo.
- The Burial of the Count of Orgaz. El Greco is well known for his 1586 work The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (Spanish: El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz).
- The Disrobing of Christ. El Greco’s The Disrobing of Christ, also known as El Expolio, is a painting he began in the summer of 1577 and finished the following spring for the High Altar in the sacristy of the Cathedral of Toledo, where it is still typically shown today.
- Laocoön. El Greco completed The Laocoön in 1610. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has it in their collection. The mythological deaths of Laocoön and his two sons, Antiphantes and Thymbraeus, from the perspective of Greek and Roman mythology are depicted in the picture.
Learn more about this artwork. Explore one of the most significant Cubist art collections ever assembled from multiple perspectives. "To me the works of art that have the greatest impact are the ones that begin with reality and expand on the experience of reality."
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- The Legacy of El Greco
Doménikos Theotokópoulos was born in 1541 in Crete, a Greek island that was part of the thriving Republic of Venice. Little is known of his childhood, other than the fact that he chose to be an artist at a very young age.
In his hometown, Theotokópoulos trained as an icon painter. The portraiture style was a popular means of depicting religious subjects in a static, devotional way. By the time the young artist was 22 years of age, he had become a master of this post-Byzantine type of art. In the years following his studies, he was commissioned to paint alter pieces ...
After three years in Venice, in 1570, Theotokópoulos moved to Rome, where he lived in the quarters of the palace of a wealthy patron named Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. This position makes it clear that he was well connected, possibly recommended by a Venetian friend. Theotokópoulos joined the painters' academy and set up a studio with two apprentic...
In 1585, El Greco moved to the medieval palace of Marqués de Villena, most likely in need of a larger painting studio. He enjoyed a stable social life, and was close friends with various scholars, intellectuals, writers, and churchmen. Between 1597 and 1607, he enjoyed his most active period of commissions, being contracted to paint for several cha...
El Greco is generally considered one of the leading figures of the Spanish Renaissance that defined the 15th and 16thcenturies. Although at the time, due to his greatly individualistic expressive style, his art was received with much reluctance and confusion, he is now considered to be one of the "select members of the modern pantheon of great pain...
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- April 7, 1614
- Crete, Greece
El Greco (1541–1614) was a prominent painter, sculptor and architect active during the Spanish Renaissance. He developed into an artist so unique that he belongs to no conventional school. His dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but gained newfound appreciation in the 20th century. [1]
Aug 26, 2014 · Rather than anatomical verisimilitude, El Greco’s Spanish-period paintings strove for religious intensity and sensual potency, and he was happy to sacrifice naturalism to get there.
Jan 11, 2020 · Tucked between the Late Renaissance and Mannerist art movements was the Greek painter known as El Greco, whose radical art was ahead of his time. This Greek painter's influence in the Spanish Renaissance inspired master artists all around the world.
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Oct 3, 2023 · This is the ultimate guide to El Greco's art and paintings in Toledo Spain. Explore the exquisite works of this master Mannerist painter, from the The Burial of the Count of Orgaz to The View of Toledo.
