Greco - Exhibition catalogue

Greco - Exhibition catalogue

Written in French.

Born in 1541 in Crete, Domenico Theotokopoulos, known as Greco, made his first apprenticeship in the Byzantine tradition before completing his training in Venice and then in Rome.

However, it was in Spain that his art flourished and took root in the 1570s. Attracted by the magnificent ...
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Characteristics

Number of illustrations :
200
Museum :
Musée du Louvre
Art movement :
Renaissance
Dimensions :
23,4 x 31,9 x 3 cm
Artist :
Domínikos Theotokópoulos, called El Greco (1541-1614)
EAN :
9782711871599
Size of the book :
Bound full paper without cover
Reference :
EK197159

Editor

Diffusor :
EDITIONS FLAMMARION
Distributor :
EDITIONS FLAMMARION

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The artist

Domínikos Theotokópoulos, called El Greco (1541-1614)

El Greco was born around 1541 in Crete, which was then part of the Republic of Venice. In his mid-twenties, he went to Venice and studied with Titian, the most famous painter of his time. At around the age of 35, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked all his life, producing his best-known paintings. His works of this period are considered as precursors of expressionism and cubism. We remember above all his elongated and tortured characters, often of a religious nature, whose style disconcerted his contemporaries but helped to establish his reputation in the years to come.