INDEX 1.- Biography 2.- Historical Context 3.- Characteristics
of his work 4.- Paintings
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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
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2.-Historical Context -RENAISSANCE (16th century) -REIGN OF
HASBBURG (PHILIP II ) -THE TIME OF CATHOLIC COUNTER
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Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Shakespeare Sinan Copernico
Cervantes Contemporary artist
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JULIO II FERNANDO HABSBURGO King of Hungary SLEYMAN I IMPERIO
OTOMANO PHILIP II Spain ELISABETH II United Kingdom
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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)
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BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN A)RELIGIOUS THEMES
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B) COLOURFUL
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CELESTIAL AREA TERRENAL AREA BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN C)TWO
DIFFERENTS AREAS
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D)Elongated figures Mannerism style BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
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Expressive faces and hands
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EXPRESSIVES EYES EXPRESIVES HANDS
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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
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Paintings in Crete ICONS
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Paintings in Italy HE STUDIED WIHT DE VENETIAN PAINTERS
-TITIANO -VERONES AND ROMAN PAINTERS -MIGUEL ANGEL Christ heals a
blind
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Paintings in Monastery Escorial (Madrid)
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The Martyrdom of St. Maurice His work did not please the king
and went to Toledo
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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)
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IN THE 16TH CENTURY, TOLEDO WAS A VERY IMPORTANT SPANISH
TOWN
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GRECO`S MUSEUM (TOLEDO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70yFEYjTzk
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NIGHT LANDSCAPE OF TOLEDO
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SERIES OF APOSTLES GRECOS MUSEUM
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TEARS OF SAN PEDRO
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CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO
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The sacristy is where priests dress ceiling painted by Luca
Giordano
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Sacristy http://www.catedralprimada.es/sacristia/
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The expoliaton of Christ The table tells the time that Christ
will be crucified and will be stripped of his robe
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THE BURIAL OF THE COUNT OF ( Iglesia Sto Tom) 1588 IT`S HIS
MASTERPIECE, IT WAS VALUED at 1.200 escudos ( 90.000 euros
nowadays)
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
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MUSEO DEL PRADO ( Madrid) GENTLEMAN WITH HIS HAND ON HIS BREAST
The Holy Trinity
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Adoration of the Shepherds Baptism of Christ
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NATIONAL GALLERY ( London) Laocoon and his children
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LOUVRE MUSEUM (Paris) Saint Luis King of France
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ERMITAGE ( Moscu ) APOSTLES
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UFIZZI ( ITALY) Saint JUAN AND Saint FRANCISCO
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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.
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Nueva York. Sotheby`s House has sold a painting of El Greco by
750.000 $ THE LAST NEW ABOUT THE GRECO 30 enero 2013
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