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Doménikos Theotokópoulos, most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος, often adding the word Κρής, which means Cretan.
Aug 26, 2014 · El Greco – or Domenikos Theotokopoulos, as he was born – was born in 1541 in Crete, which was then a colony of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, the reigning bosses of the Mediterranean.
Apr 3, 2024 · Doménikos Theotokópoulos fue el nombre del pintor conocido como El Greco, el cual desarrolló obras con un estilo muy personal y único a finales del Renacimiento.. Nació en Candia (actual Heraclión) el 1 de octubre del año 1541, y falleció el 7 de abril de 1614 en Toledo, España.
Bringing El Greco’s career in Toledo full circle is his last major work, The Adoration of the Shepherds.From 1612 to 1614, he painted this altarpiece for his own tomb in Santo Domingo el Antiguo—the same church that housed his first great altarpiece.
Na een opleiding op Kreta in de kunst van de iconen reisde El Greco naar Rome, waar hij studeerde onder Titiaan.In 1577 emigreerde hij naar Toledo in Spanje, waar hij zijn grootste artistieke hoogte bereikte.
National Gallery of Art. Narrated by Adrien Brody, this film was made in conjunction with the exhibition El Greco in the National Gallery of Art and Washington-Area Collections: A 400th Anniversary Celebration.
Domínikos Theotokópoulos, dit Le Greco, est un peintre, sculpteur et architecte, né en 1541 à Candie, en Crète, alors une possession de la République de Venise, et mort le 7 avril 1614, à Tolède.
