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El Greco (1541–1614) was a Cretan-born painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco left his birthplace for Venice in 1567, never to return. El Greco's three years in Venice profoundly influenced his style. In 1577, he emigrated to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until the end of his life.
Paintings by Doménicos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος), called El Greco ("the Greek", 1541 – April 7, 1614), a Greek-born painter who worked in Crete, Italy and Spain
Significant scholarly works of the second half of the 20th century devoted to El Greco reappraise many of the various interpretations of him, including his supposed Byzantinism. [47] Based on the notes written in El Greco's own hand and on his unique style, they see an organic continuity between Byzantine painting and his art. [ 48 ]
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The anatomy of the human body becomes even more otherworldly in El Greco's mature works; for The Immaculate Conception (El Greco, Toledo) El Greco asked to lengthen the altarpiece itself by another 1.5 ft (0.46 m) "because in this way the form will be perfect and not reduced, which is the worst thing that can happen to a figure". A significant ...
Paintings by El Greco in the Louvre (3 P) P. Paintings by El Greco in the Museo del Prado (34 P)
The El Greco Museum (Spanish: Museo del Greco [1]) is a single-artist museum in Toledo, Spain, devoted to the work and life of El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614), who spent much of his life in Toledo, having been born in Fodele, Crete. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.
The village of Fodele is claimed as the birthplace of El Greco, but this is disputed. [3] The museum claims to be where El Greco was born. [4] The Historical Museum of Crete in Heraklion not far away includes two original works by El Greco, the only original works by the artist in Crete.