El Greco
Title: El Greco
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 527 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
El Greco
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 527 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
El Greco
El Greco was born 1541 and died 1614 in Toledo at age 73. He was
named at birth Domeniko's TheotoKopoulos. He was Born in Candia, the capital
of the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece.
Nothing is certain is known of the first twenty five years of El Greco's life,
except that he lived on Crete and became a painter. It is thought from later
events in his life that El Greco recieved a
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painted modern art, to
the spaniards he was a cultural hero and painted their own national religions
spirit. He will always be known as an old master who spoke in modern work. His
works distorted the tones of painting, the human body, and landscape to make all
see what point he was making about a person or a scene he was painting.
El Greco is one of the greatest portraitists in the history of painting.