EL GRECO

To his contemporaries of the Venice of the late sixteenth century, El Greco (1541-1614) he was a man countercurrent, a gifted artist innate extraordinary talent determined to go their own way. Throughout his career, as he moved to Venice, and from there to Rome, and ultimately to Toledo, theGreek stayed away from the mainstream, merging different Western art traditions to create a unique pictorial language.The particular style of El Greco rejected both naturalism and ease. Works as Expolio of Christ (1577-1579), The Burial of the Coun...[Read more]