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El Greco (Taschen Basic Art) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for El GrecoCretan-born painter Domenicos Theotocopoulos, better known by his Spanish nickname, El Greco (c.1545-1614), studied under Titian in Venice before settling down in Toldeo. Commissioned by the church and local nobility, El Greco produced dramatic paintings marked by distorted figures and vibrant color contrasted with subtle grays. Though his work was appreciated by his contemporaries, especially int...
Full description- Publisher: Taschen GmbH
- Published: 26 November 2004
- Format: Paperback 96 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Art History | Styles: Mannerism | Paintings | Individual Artists, Art Monographs | Biography: Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN 13: 9783822831717 ISBN 10: 3822831719
- Sales rank: 141,373
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Full description for El Greco
Cretan-born painter Domenicos Theotocopoulos, better known by his Spanish nickname, El Greco (c.1545-1614), studied under Titian in Venice before settling down in Toldeo. Commissioned by the church and local nobility, El Greco produced dramatic paintings marked by distorted figures and vibrant color contrasted with subtle grays. Though his work was appreciated by his contemporaries, especially intellectuals, it wasn't until the 20th century that it was widely embraced and admired, influencing in particular the Expressionist movement.
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