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	Biography
		El Greco was a "Spanish" Mannerist painter, whose work, with that of Francisco de Goya and Diego Velázquez, represents the acme of Spanish art.
		El Greco was anxious to be given the commission to fresco the walls of the newly built royal monastery-palace of El Escorial near Madrid, completed in 1582.
		El Greco also painted views of the city of Toledo itself, such as View of Toledo (1600?–1610?, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City), even though landscape was a genre traditionally neglected by Spanish artists.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /bio/g/greco_el/biograph.html (920 words)

	El Greco
		El Greco was a "Spanish" Mannerist painter, whose work, together with that of Francisco de Goya and Diego Velázquez, represents the acme of Spanish art.
		El Greco also painted views of the city of Toledo itself, such as View of Toledo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, even though landscape was a genre traditionally neglected by Spanish artists.
		El Greco died in Toledo on April 7, 1614, and he was buried there in Santo Domingo el Antiguo, for which church he executed his first Spanish commission "The Assumption of the Virgin" (1577).
	arthistory.heindorffhus.dk /frame-ElGreco.htm (1503 words)

	Biography
		He was known as El Greco (the Greek), but his real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos; and it was thus that he signed his paintings throughout his life, always in Greek characters, and sometimes followed by Kres (Cretan).
		El Greco excelled also as a portraitist, mainly of ecclesiastics (Felix Paravicino, Boston Museum, 1609) or gentlemen, although one of his most beautiful works is a portrait of a lady (Art Gallery & Museums Kelvingrove, Glasgow, c.
		El Greco also designed complete altar compositions, working as architect and sculptor as well as painter, for instance at the Hospital de la Caridad, Illescas (1603).
	www.wga.hu /bio/g/greco_el/biograph.html (690 words)

	El Greco. Biography - Olga's Gallery
		Domenicos Theotocopoulos, later called El Greco, the Greek, by the Spaniards, was born in Candia, on the island of Crete.
		El Greco, however, obtained very little influence from his master; but a certain influence of Bassano, Baroccio, Veronese, and Tintoretto could be felt but on the whole his works are very individual and distinct.
		El Greco was buried in the Church of St. Thomé.
	www.abcgallery.com /E/elgreco/elgrecobio.html (745 words)

	El Greco's Mystical Vision
		El Greco's return again and again to the same subject, with only minor, but significant, compositional alterations, may be evidence of his training in the Byzantine school of icon painting, where artists are discouraged from deviating from the established model.
		El Greco's art appeals directly to the individual and, although there is always an element of spiritual mystery in his work, it is not cryptic.
		El Greco had no followers, although he had a sizable studio of assistants and a son who was also an artist, because no one could emulate such a unique style without being a mere copyist.
	www.godspy.com /culture/El-Grecos-Mystical-Vision.cfm (2671 words)

	Nota cultural: el Greco
		El Greco nunca olvidó sus raíces griegas, firmando normalmente sus pinturas con su nombre completo en letras griegas, Doménikos Theotokópoulos.
		El Greco was born in Crete in 1541.
		El Greco’s Greek heritage and his Italian training combined with the fervent religious climate of Spain to produce a truly unconventional artist of incredible power and creativity.
	www.studyspanish.com /comps/toledo.htm (230 words)

	El Greco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		El Greco is one of the artists most responsive to the religious fervor inspired by the Catholic Church during the Counter Reformation.
		Born in Crete, El Greco traveled to Venice between 1560 and 1567, where he absorbed the manner of Titian and Tintoretto.
		While El Greco may have appropriated elements of Venetian Mannerism from Tintoretto, such as his figural elongations and acid colors, he nonetheless made this style his own by infusing Saint Francis with an extraordinary religious intensity.
	www.joslyn.org /permcol/euro/pages/elgreco.html (270 words)

	El Greco: The Earthly Transformed
		Their main point is that El Greco was a man of his time, and his art should be seen as such as well.
		El Greco moved to Venice in 1567 and quickly became a disciple of Titian, whose late, loosely brushed style left an indelible impression.
		In a painting that is almost monochromatic, El Greco manages to transmit not only the subtle intelligence of his subject but his charisma as a speaker and a strong underlying sensuality.
	www.worldandi.com /newhome/public/2004/january/arpub1.asp (2871 words)

	Island of Freedom - El Greco
		El Greco was the most outstanding painter of the Spanish school in the 16th century.
		El Greco was also an accomplished sculptor and designed architectural settings for two altarpieces made in 1577.
		The art of El Greco was neglected for three centuries, until the artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with their interest in distortion and abstraction of form and in emotional expressionism, restored the painter's reputation as one of Spain's leading masters.
	www.island-of-freedom.com /GRECO.HTM (1009 words)

	Santorini Hotels: ElGreco Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		EL GRECO hotel is located minutes away from the centre of magnificent Fira town, the capital of the unique and beautiful Santorini.
		EL GRECO hotel was envisioned and operates under the strictest of standards in order to maintain the happiness of the most demanding guest.
		EL GRECO is a well balanced establishment equally suitable for families due to its location and facilities and for couples due to its colourful reflection of charm!
	www.elgreco.com.gr (362 words)

	Temple of El Greco: The Greatest Artist of Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		El Greco (meaning "The Greek") was born in Candia, now Iráklion, Crete (then a possession of the Republic of Venice), in 1541 and was named Domenikos Theotokopoulos.
		El Greco also worked for Toledo Cathedral: The Disrobing of Christ (1577-1579) for the sacristy presents a splendid image of Christ in a rich red garment, closely surrounded by his captors.The work caused the first of several lawsuits brought by the artist against his patrons, who objected to its high price.
		El Greco also painted views of the city of Toledo itself, such as View of Toledo (1600?-1610?, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City), even though landscape was a genre traditionally neglected by Spanish artists.
	sangha.net /messengers/el-greco.htm (911 words)

	El Greco (1540-1614), por Image & Art
		El dato de que el cuadro vendido por El Greco en 1566 mediante el sistema de lotería era dorato (esto es, hecho "a la griega") hace presumible que El Greco -que ya firmaba como "maistro" en 1566- debió ser adiestrado en las dos maneras usadas en la isla.
		El era aún un pintor en proceso de formación, totalmente desconocido y además educado en los principios venecianos de primacía del color sobre el dibujo.
		El Greco comenzó a vivir en estas casas en agosto de 1585 y permaneció allí al menos hasta 1589.
	www.imageandart.com /tutoriales/biografias/el_greco (2257 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: El Greco
		On 15 Nov., 1570, the miniature-painter Giulio Clovio wrote to Cardinal N. Farnese, recommending El Greco to his patron, describing him as a Cretan, who was then in Rome and had been a pupil of Titian.
		El Greco, however, derived very little influence from his master, for his works, beyond a certain influence of Bassano, Baroccio, Veronese, or Tintoretto, are individual and distinct.
		El Greco's separate portraits are marvels of discernment; few men have exhibited the complexities of mental emotion with equal success.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14628a.htm (637 words)

	El Greco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Between 1607-1608 El Greco was involved in a protracted legal dispute with the authorities of the Hospital of Charity at Illescas concerning the payment of his work, which included painting, sculpture and architecture; this dispute contributed to the economic difficulties he experienced until the end of his life.
		To Theophile Gautier, a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic, El Greco was the precursor of the European Romantic movement in all its craving for the strange and the exteme.
		El Greco is now seen as an artist with a formative training on Crete; a series of works illuminate the style of early El Greco, some painted while he was still in Crete, some from his period in Venice, and some from his subsequent stay in Rome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/El_Greco (7086 words)

	NGA - El Greco
		El Greco has been called a prophet of modern art, a mystic, and even a man whose sight was distorted by astigmatism, all misconceptions that have clouded understanding of his distinctive but deliberate style.
		El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1597/1599
		El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist, c.
	www.nga.gov /collection/gallery/gg29/gg29-main1.html (191 words)

	Amazon.fr : El Greco: Livres en anglais: David Davies,John Elliott,Gabriele Finaldi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		With his swooning, mystical compositions, El Greco remains a primary figure both in Renaissance painting and in the development of modern art, a favorite of such masters as Picasso and Cezanne.
		Treating the early stages of El Greco's work, as well as his lesser-known experiments in sculpture, this authoritative, comprehensive catalogue adds yet another chapter to the artist's permanent record as a looming figure in the history of western art.
		El Greco (1541-1614), born Domenikos Theotokopoulos, was one of the most fascinating and distinctive artists of the sixteenth century.
	www.amazon.fr /El-Greco-David-Davies/dp/1857099338 (539 words)

	El Greco
		El Greco (significa "O Grego") nasceu em Iráklion (1541), Creta (quando era uma possessão da República de Veneza) e foi nomeado Domenikos Theotokopoulos.
		El Greco também trabalhou na Catedral de Toledo: The Disrobing of Christ (1577-1579) for the sacristy presents a splendid image of Christ in a rich red garment, closely surrounded by his captors.
		El Greco também pintou "Vista de Toledo" (Museu de Arte Metropolitan), even though landscape was a genre traditionally neglected by Spanish artists.
	www.sergiosakall.com.br /artistas/personalidade_ellgreco.html (841 words)

	Biografia de El Greco
		A partir de 1570, tras una estancia de siete años en Roma, El Greco se trasladó a Toledo por invitación del canónigo Diego de Castilla, quien le encargó un retablo para la iglesia de Santo Domingo el Antiguo.
		Ello supuso una decepción enorme para El Greco, ya que aspiraba a convertirse en pintor de corte, pero no entorpeció su carrera, puesto que era ya un pintor solicitadísimo tanto por los aristócratas como por los eclesiásticos toledanos.
		El plano superior, el celestial, no se aparta de sus restantes obras religiosas y presenta idéntico hondo misticismo y parecida intensidad dramática; la novedad se encuentra en el plano terrenal, donde los principales personajes del Toledo de la época, incluidos el propio pintor y su hijo, aparecen reproducidos con absoluta fidelidad.
	www.biografiasyvidas.com /biografia/g/greco.htm (526 words)

	EL GRECO
		El Greco painted several works about this theme, maybe this painting is the most successful one.
		This painting is not found in the Museum of El Prado, it is located in the church of Saint Tome in Toledo, Spain.
		The structure as well as the situation of the figures, is one that El Greco repeated many times.
	www.spanisharts.com /prado/greco.htm (441 words)

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		El Greco (meaning “The Greek”) was born in Candia, now Iráklion, Crete (Kríti) (then a possession of the Republic of Venice), in 1541 and was named Domenikos Theotokopoulos.
		IV EMERGENCE AS A SPANISH MASTER In 1586 El Greco painted one of his greatest masterpieces, The Burial of Count Orgaz, for the Church of Santo Tomé in Toledo.
		V LATER PAINTINGS A feverish intensity can be sensed in many of El Greco's canvases dating from the 1590s until the time of his death.
	www.csus.edu /indiv/c/craftg/HRS134/Greco.doc (923 words)

	El Greco
		"El Greco's elongated figures, ever straining upward, his intense and unusual colors, his passionate involvement in his subject, his ardor and his energy, all combine to create a style that is wholly distinct and individual.
		El Greco always produces icons, and it is this interior gravity of spirit that gives his odd distortions a sacred rightness.
		El Greco: The Burial of Count Orgaz, by F. Calvo Serraller.
	www.artchive.com /artchive/E/el_greco.html (861 words)

	interkriti: Domenicos Theotokopoulos- El Greco - Cretan Painter
		El Greco's art is the product of both his time and his genius.
		It is certain that he was trained in the art of the icon in the Cretan style but his works shows most clearly an absolute dependence of the Venetian School of the sixteenth century.
		The most illustrious of his paintings are "Burial of the Conde de Orgaz", El Espolio", "Martyrdom of St. Maurice", "Laocoon", "Vision of Apocalypse" and "View of Toledo".
	www.interkriti.org /culture/elgreco/index.html (878 words)

	The Spoliation by GRECO, El
		A document of 2nd July 1577 referring to this painting is the earliest record of El Greco in Spain.
		El Greco has produced one of the most dignified and moving portrayals of Christ in art.
		The only occasion that he treated the subject was for the Cathedral, but the type of Christ created in the Espolio is taken up in the related subject of Christ carrying the Cross, and in other representations of Christ.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/g/greco_el/1576-80/04espoli.html (309 words)

	glbtq >> arts >> Greco, El (Domenicos Theotocopoulos)
		In late 1567, El Greco emigrated to Venice, where he taught himself how to paint in the "modern" Italian Renaissance style through the independent study of major works by Titian, Tintoretto, and other leading artists.
		Like other artists active in sixteenth-century Italy, El Greco sought to distinguish himself by inventing new and unusual interpretations of traditional religious subjects, as he did, for example, in the Glorification of the Name of Jesus (ca 1576).
		Unable to obtain prestigious, large scale commissions in Italy, El Greco permanently emigrated to Spain at the end of 1576.
	www.glbtq.com /arts/greco_e.html (849 words)

	EL GRECO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Domenikos Theotokopoulos was born on the Greek island of Crete (then belonging to the Republic of Venice), but he spent most of his life in Spain where he was called El Greco (the Greek).
		He submitted several paintings to King Philip II for approval but was denied the commission to fresco the walls of El Escorial.
		He developed an individualistic style and there is present in his canvases a mystical atmosphere, a feverish intensity dating from the 1590s until the time of his death.
	www.spanisharts.com /prado/elgreco/bio_greco.htm (252 words)

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