El Greco Identity & Transformation

by SKIRA

• ISBN13: 9788881184743
• ISBN10: 8881184745
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Skira

Summary

Born in 1541 in Candia (Crete). Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco started to paint during his childhood in Greece. In 1567 he moved to Venice where he became pupil of the great Venetian master Titian and studied the works by Tintoretto, Veroneso and Bassano. In 1577 he left Italy for Spain, hoping to take part to the decoration of the Escorial. In this country he obtained many commissions for churches and monasteries in Toledo and in its surroundings. The monography -- catalogue of the major international travelling exhibition opening in Madrid (3 February - 16 May 1999) and then travelling to Rome (10 June - 19 September 1999) and Athens (14 October 1999 - 17 January 2000) -- explores the various aspects of the Greek master painting and his relationship with the countries where he lived and worked, from his birthplace, to Italy (Venice, Parma and Rome) and Spain, his adoptive country where he died in 1614.

Table of Contents

The Construction of a Painter. A Century of Searching for and Interpreting El Greco	p. 23
El Greco Invested with Nationalist Ideologies	p. 55
Cretan Painting During the XV and XVI Centuries. The Long Path Towards Domenikos Theotokopoulos and His Early Production	p. 83
El Greco in Italy and Italian Art	p. 95
I570-1575. The Situation of Painting in Rome	p. 115
El Greco in Spain	p. 131
El Greco's Artistic Thought: from the Eyes of the Soul to the Eyes of Reason	p. 165
The Ascent of the Mind to God: El Greco's Religious Imagery and Spiritual Reform in Spain	p. 187
Catalogue	p. 217
Exhibitions and Bibliography	p. 439
Photographic Credits	p. 465
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