El Greco Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
El Greco wasn't only a painter who portrayed religious subjects; he was a profoundly religious man who lived within that spiritual world. This influence on his art was profound, in that it …
El Greco (Spanish, 1541–1614) - National Gallery of Art
El Greco, whose patrons were primarily learned churchmen, responded with intelligent and expressive presentations of traditional and newly affirmed Catholic beliefs. His works …
Category : Religious paintings by El Greco - Wikimedia
The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Sacristía Mayor. Catedral de Toledo.jpg 3,410 × 2,273; 5.63 MB.
Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy on JSTOR
THE MAJORITY OF PAINTINGS that El Greco produced in Italy were small in scale and featured standard subjects created expressly to meet the needs of private devotion. They took shape …
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
El Greco’s idea of Christ Carrying the Cross was a remarkable departure from the norm in Spain, where an emphasis on his suffering is found throughout the 1500s and 1600s, in paintings, …
El Greco (1541–1614) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
El Greco’s most celebrated painting, The Burial of Count Orgaz, was commissioned by the parish priest of Santo Tomé in Toledo in 1586 to celebrate the restitution of a financial obligation to …
El Greco - National Gallery of Art
The decade 1597 to 1607 was a period of intense activity for El Greco. During these years, the artist and his workshop created pictorial and sculptural ensembles for a variety of religious …
El Greco | The Entombment of Christ | L1335 - The National …
El Greco, The Entombment of Christ, early 1570s. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.
Art and the Religious Image in El Greco's Italy
It shows how the paintings of his early career explore the form, function, and conception of the religious image in the second half of the sixteenth century, and how he cultivated artistic fame …
El Greco: Expressionist Religious Painter, Portrait Artist
Considered to be one of the great Old Masters, and the creator of some outstanding Christian art, El Greco (full name Domenikos Theotocopoulos) was a Greek artist, whose dramatic …