El Greco

Author : Rebecca J. Long
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300250824

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El Greco by Rebecca J. Long Pdf

A visually stunning examination of El Greco’s work that considers the artist’s constant reinvention and professional drive Renowned for a singular artistic vision, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco (1541–1614), developed his distinctive painting style as he assiduously pursued professional success. This fresh and engaging survey of El Greco’s work explores varied aspects of the artist’s career—his aesthetic education in Italy, the mixed reception of his mature works in Spain, his uncompromising approach to business, and the baroque logistics of his Toledo workshop—and reveals the depth of El Greco’s astounding ambition. The impressive volume focuses in particular on his 1577–79 altarpiece paintings for the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo—among them the magnificent Assumption of the Virgin—which heralded the artist’s arrival in Spain after productive periods of formation and re-formation in Crete, Venice, and Rome. Lavishly illustrated and clothbound with gilded edges, this publication features reproductions and scholarly discussions of more than 60 works ranging from large-scale canvases to intimate panels, with essays that elucidate the motives and meanings behind the artist’s constantly changing and inventive approach.

Author : José Gudiol,Greco
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSC:32106009086882

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The Complete Paintings of El Greco, 1541-1614 by José Gudiol,Greco Pdf

Includes 85 full-color illustrations and 268 black-and-white illustrations. Demonstrates the nature of El Greco's wayward and compelling art and reveals him as one of Europe's greatest painters.

Author : Michael Scholz-Hänsel,Greco
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 3822831719

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El Greco by Michael Scholz-Hänsel,Greco Pdf

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.

Author : Andrew R. Casper
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780271063065

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Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy by Andrew R. Casper Pdf

Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy is the first book-length examination of the early career of one of the early modern period’s most notoriously misunderstood figures. Born around 1541, Domenikos Theotokopoulos began his career as an icon painter on the island of Crete. He is best known, under the name “El Greco,” for the works he created while in Spain, paintings that have provoked both rapt admiration and scornful disapproval since his death in 1614. But the nearly ten years he spent in Venice and Rome, from 1567 to 1576, have remained underexplored until now. Andrew Casper’s examination of this period allows us to gain a proper understanding of El Greco’s entire career and reveals much about the tumultuous environment for religious painting after the Council of Trent. Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy is a new book in the Art History Publication Initiative (AHPI), a collaborative grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Thanks to the AHPI grant, this book will be available in popular e-book formats.

Author : Nikolaos M. Panagiotakes,translated by John C. Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351941358

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El Greco – The Cretan Years by Nikolaos M. Panagiotakes,translated by John C. Davis Pdf

Exploring all the available sources, this study, which until now was only available in Greek, presents us with an account of El Greco's life up to the time he left Crete for Italy in 1567 at the age of twenty-six, already an accomplished professional painter. Nikolaos Panagiotakes provides a thorough assessment of earlier research on Crete of the 16th century then goes on to present new conclusions on the life of El Greco deriving from the author's firsthand reading of Venetian archive material, including questions relating to his birthplace, family, name, religious affiliation, and apprenticeship as a painter. The evidence indicates that El Greco was an established professional 'master painter' earlier than had previously been thought and also that he had a family before leaving Crete, thus perhaps explaining why he did not later marry Jerónima de las Cuevas, with whom he had a son in Toledo. This work marks a valuable contribution to El Greco scholarship, particularly in its thoroughly substantiated assessment of the evidence regarding the formative years in the life of El Greco, one of the greatest of all European artists.

Author : David Davies
Publisher : National Gallery Publications Limited
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 1857099338

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El Greco by David Davies Pdf

Looks at the full range of the sixteenth century artist's work in painting and sculpture, from his Byzantine icons to his late altarpieces.

Author : Fernando Marías
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015055449774

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El Greco in Toledo by Fernando Marías Pdf

Provides a unique insight into El Greco's paintings of the landscape and monuments of Toledo.Particular atteneion is paid to El Greco's works: 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz' and 'El Esplolio'. One section is devoted to El Greco's house and museum, which are regarded as great treasures of Toledo.

Author : Judith F. Dolkart,Museum Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Publisher : Hatje Cantz
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 3775733272

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El Greco and Modernism by Judith F. Dolkart,Museum Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf, Germany) Pdf

The sensational oeuvre of El Greco (1541-1614) was first introduced to a broader German audience in 1910 through Julius Meier-Graefe's journal, "The Spanish Journey". Numerous artists subsequently caught "Greco fever" when they first saw larger groups of his works in exhibitions in Munich in 1911 and Düsseldorf in 1912. Max Beckmann, Oskar Kokoschka, Max Oppenheimer, Ludwig Meidner, and especially members of the Blaue Reiter-August Macke, Franz Marc, Albert Bloch, and others-recognized in El Greco a father figure for the Modernist movement, mentioning him in the same breath as Paul Cézanne. This volume presents a general selection of over forty paintings by El Greco from the most famous museums around the world. At the same time, the young artists' exploration of the paintings and visual spheres of the exceptional Spanish painter are discussed, opening up a fascinating view of the battle for Modernism. 0Exhibition: Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany (28.4.-12.8.2012).

Author : Javier Portús Pérez,Museo del Prado
Publisher : Nouvelles éditions Scala
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015060611533

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The Spanish Portrait by Javier Portús Pérez,Museo del Prado Pdf

Presents a survey of the development of this genre in Spanish art from the 15th century to the early decades of the 20th, through a selection of 87 works.

Author : Fernando Marías
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Painters
ISBN : 0500093776

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El Greco, Life and Work, a New History by Fernando Marías Pdf

The authoritative, illustrated life and work of El Greco, one of the world's most influential and inimitable creative spirits.

Author : Richard G. Mann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521389437

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El Greco and His Patrons by Richard G. Mann Pdf

The bold and unusual religious paintings of the Spanish artist El Greco (c. 1541–1614) have aroused widespread interest and wonder, yet little has been known about the artist's patrons. This is a comprehensive study of the several individuals who financed, encouraged and influenced El Greco's extraordinary artistic endeavours. Mann reconstructs the lives of several of the artist's patrons and demonstrates how El Greco's pictorial ensemble reflected the patrons' concerns. Thus the actual context of El Greco's work is established. The book indicates that the artist's patrons helped to shape both the style and iconography of the paintings, and clarifies the precise nature of the connection between the paintings and Spanish mysticism. In studying the purposes and meaning of El Greco's religious paintings, the author thereby provides the basis for an alternative interpretation of the artist's work and presents many insights into life in sixteenth-century Spain.

Author : Xavier Bray,National Gallery (Great Britain)
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 1857093151

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El Greco by Xavier Bray,National Gallery (Great Britain) Pdf

This new introduction to El Greco (1541-1614) follows the artist from his native island to Venice, Rome, Madrid, and then Toledo, the ecclesiastical capital of Spain. El Greco's ability to assimilate different artistic techniques and approaches to religion and philosophy enabled him to develop one of the most original styles of painting in the history of Europe. Despite his highly successful career he was unappreciated for centuries after his death, and this book examines how his genius was rediscovered in the nineteenth century.

Author : Sarah Schroth,Ronni Baer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015077630062

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El Greco to Velazquez by Sarah Schroth,Ronni Baer Pdf

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Apr. 20-July 27, 2008 and at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Aug. 21-Nov. 9, 2008.

Author : Lionello Puppi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000001166897

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El Greco: the Life and Work of the Artist by Lionello Puppi Pdf

Author : Fernando Marías
Publisher : Ediciones El Viso
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8494185640

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El Greco of Toledo by Fernando Marías Pdf

Presents a comprehensive selection of masterpieces by El Greco, accompanied by informative essays.