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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 ). 2.- He lived there for 26 years painting icons ( byzantine tradition ).
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INDEX 1.- Biography 2.- HistoricalContext 3.- Characteristics of hiswork 4.- Paintings
1.-BIOGRAPHY 1.- He wasborn in Crete in 1541 ( Republican Venice) 2.- He livedtherefor 26 yearspaintingicons (byzantinetradition) 3.- In 1577 he travelledtoVenice and Rome. He studiedtherefor ten years. 4.- He arrived in Toledo ( Spain) in 1577 and he settlethereuntilhisdeath in 1614 Next year (2014)will mark the fourth centenary of his death
2.-Historical Context • RENAISSANCE (16th century) • REIGN OF HASBBURG (PHILIP II ) • -THE TIME OF CATHOLIC COUNTER
Contemporaryartist Shakespeare Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Cervantes Copernico Sinan
JULIO II ELISABETH II UnitedKingdom PHILIP II Spain FERNANDO HABSBURGO King of Hungary SÜLEYMAN I IMPERIO OTOMANO
3.-CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS PAINGTINGS A)Religiousissues B)Colourful ( Rangeswarm and cold) -C) Division in thetable in twozones ( celestial and terrenal) -D)Elongated figures( MANNERISM)
A)RELIGIOUS THEMES BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
CELESTIAL AREA C)TWO DIFFERENTS AREAS TERRENAL AREA BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
D)Elongated figures Mannerismstyle BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
Expressive faces and hands BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
EXPRESSIVES EYES EXPRESIVES HANDS
4.- PAINTINGS PAINTIGNS IN CRETA PAINTINGS IN ITALIA PAINTINGS IN EL ESCORIAL PAINTIGNS IN TOLEDO ( Greco`sHouse, Cathedral, Sto Tome ´s Church, StaCruz`sMuseum) PAINTINGS IN DIFERENTS MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD
Paintings in Crete ICONS
Paintings in Italy Christheals a blind HE STUDIED WIHT DE VENETIAN PAINTERS -TITIANO -VERONES AND ROMAN PAINTERS -MIGUEL ANGEL
His work did not please the king and went to Toledo TheMartyrdom of St. Maurice
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( Thespoliation 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) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70yFEYjTzk
SERIES OF APOSTLES GRECO´S MUSEUM
ceiling painted by Luca Giordano The sacristy is where priests dress
Theexpoliaton 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 1.200 escudos ( 90.000 euros nowadays)
4,80 cm 3,60 cm
SoulCount Selfportrait Thecorpse
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 TheHoly Trinity
Adoration of theShepherds Baptism of Christ
NATIONAL GALLERY ( London) Laocoon and hischildren
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 yearsago a painting of El Greco in Siedlce, (nexttoPodznan), a littetownfromPoland. Thepaintingtitled “ Saint Francisco” wasfound in a littlechurch.
THE LAST NEW ABOUT THE GRECO 30 enero 2013 Nueva York. Sotheby`sHouse has sold a painting of El Greco by 750.000 $
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