Transcript THE GRECO
El GRECO
BY: Lucía del Pino
1. Biography of Greco:
Domenikos Theotokopoulos, (Candia, 1541 - Toledo, 1614),
known as El Greco ("the Greek"), The first he was a late
Renaissance painter who developed a very personal style in
his mature works.
Until the 26 years he lived in Crete, where he was a popular
teacher posbizantino style icons in force in the island. After
he lived ten years in Italy, where the Renaissance became
first painter in Venice,
fully assuming the style of Titian and
Tintoretto, and then in Rome, studying
Michelangelo's mannerism. In 1577 he
settled in Toledo, where he lived and
worked the rest of his life.
2. Importance of El Greco:
El Greco is regarded as one of the
great geniuses of world art, and
great figure painting in Spain in the
late XVI century. His form began to be
claimed in the Peninsula with the study
of his work published in 1808 by
Cossio, but especially by the
interest expressed by him,
expressionists and fauves
late XIX century.
It was a Mannerist painter who
conducted such a great work not
created school. He was one of
the greatest portraitists of the story.
3. Some works of the Greco:
it is a oil on canvas, it painted in mannerist
style by El Greco between the years
1586 and 1588. It was made
for the parish of Santo Tomé
in Toledo, Spain, and is preserved
in this place. It is considered
one of the best
and most admired works
of the author.
This work is painted at
tempo, it painted shortly after
the arrival of El Greco in
Rome. El Greco used similar
tones to the Venetian painters
of the Renaissance.
4.Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie
EWqALhn8k
5.Personal opinion:
In my opinion, I like the techniques used in
the renaissance style, he is a very
important painter in our country, most of his
works are related to the religious theme,
some of his works are very curious.
Webgraphy :
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco#Biograf.C3.A
Da
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Greco_
020.jpg
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedad_(El_Greco)
https://www.google.es/search?q=el+greco&source
=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ybwYU8GCCou6ygO
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THE END.