EL GRECO. INDEX 1.- Biography 2.- Historical Context 3.- Characteristics of his work 4.- Paintings.

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EL GRECO

INDEX 1.- Biography 2.- Historical Context 3.- Characteristics of his work 4.- Paintings

1.-BIOGRAPHY 1.- He was born in Crete in 1541 ( Republican Venice) Next year (2014)will mark the fourth centenary of his death 2.- He lived there for 26 years painting icons (byzantine tradition) 3.- In 1577 he travelled to Venice and Rome. He studied there for ten years. 4.- He arrived in Toledo ( Spain) in 1577 and he settle there until his death in 1614

2.-Historical Context -RENAISSANCE (16th century) -REIGN OF HASBBURG (PHILIP II ) -THE TIME OF CATHOLIC COUNTER

Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Shakespeare Sinan Copernico Cervantes Contemporary artist

JULIO II FERNANDO HABSBURGO King of Hungary SÜLEYMAN I IMPERIO OTOMANO PHILIP II Spain ELISABETH II United Kingdom

3.-CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS PAINGTINGS A)Religious issues B)Colourful ( Ranges warm and cold) - C) Division in the table in two zones ( celestial and terrenal) -D) Elongated figures( MANNERISM)

BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN A)RELIGIOUS THEMES

B) COLOURFUL

CELESTIAL AREA TERRENAL AREA BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN C)TWO DIFFERENTS AREAS

D)Elongated figures Mannerism style BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN

Expressive faces and hands

EXPRESSIVES EYES EXPRESIVES HANDS

4.- PAINTINGS PAINTIGNS IN CRETA PAINTINGS IN ITALIA PAINTINGS IN EL ESCORIAL PAINTIGNS IN TOLEDO ( Greco`s House, Cathedral, Sto Tome ´s Church, Sta Cruz`s Museum) PAINTINGS IN DIFERENTS MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD

Paintings in Crete ICONS

Paintings in Italy HE STUDIED WIHT DE VENETIAN PAINTERS -TITIANO -VERONES AND ROMAN PAINTERS -MIGUEL ANGEL Christ heals a blind

Paintings in Monastery Escorial (Madrid)

The Martyrdom of St. Maurice His work did not please the king and went to Toledo

Paintings in Toledo HIS CLIENTS WERE “THE CLERGY” (Monasteries, Convents) MOST OF HIS FAMOUS PAINTINGS ARE IN TOLEDO 1.-MUSEUM OF GRECO ( Saints, landscape of Toledo …) 2.-SACRISTY OF TOLEDO CATHEDRAL( The spoliation of Chris) 3.-STO TOME `S CHURCH (The Burial of Count Orgaz)

IN THE 16TH CENTURY, TOLEDO WAS A VERY IMPORTANT SPANISH TOWN

GRECO`S MUSEUM (TOLEDO)

NIGHT LANDSCAPE OF TOLEDO

SERIES OF APOSTLES GRECO´S MUSEUM

TEARS OF SAN PEDRO

CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO

The sacristy is where priests dress ceiling painted by Luca Giordano

Sacristy

The expoliaton of Christ The table tells the time that Christ will be crucified and will be stripped of his robe

THE BURIAL OF THE COUNT OF ( Iglesia Sto Tomé) 1588 IT`S HIS MASTERPIECE, IT WAS VALUED at escudos ( euros nowadays)

4,80 cm 3,60 cm

Soul Count The corpse Self portrait

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EL GRECO AND MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD MOST OF HIS PAINTINS ARE IN TOLEDO, BUT THERE ARE HIS PAINTINGS IN DIFERENTS MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD

MUSEO DEL PRADO ( Madrid) GENTLEMAN WITH HIS HAND ON HIS BREAST The Holy Trinity

Adoration of the Shepherds Baptism of Christ

NATIONAL GALLERY ( London) Laocoon and his children

LOUVRE MUSEUM (Paris) Saint Luis King of France

ERMITAGE ( Moscu ) APOSTLES

UFIZZI ( ITALY) Saint JUAN AND Saint FRANCISCO

NEWS OF GRECO IN POLAND Dorota Pikula, a historian Polish, discovered 45 years ago a painting of El Greco in Siedlce, (next to Podznan), a litte town from Poland. The painting titled “ Saint Francisco” was found in a little church.

Nueva York. Sotheby`s House has sold a painting of El Greco by $ THE LAST NEW ABOUT THE GRECO 30 enero 2013

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