greco
Title: greco
Category: Literature / English | Words: 359 | Pages: 1.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
greco
El Greco
Biography
In 1541, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, was born on the island of Crete
in Greece. He became a master draftsman in Greece. In 1559, at the age of
18, he left Crete to study in Venice. There he studied for 10 years, and for 7
more years he studied in Rome. In 1577, after 17 years in Italy, he went to
Spain seeking patronage. Spain’s King Philip II was hiring artists to work on
the palace and monastery of the …
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showed last 75 words of 359 total…gaunt as a death, depicted by dark colors and
dreary, forlorn faces, into the joyous occasion of his ascension into heaven,
delineated by bright color and the and the portrayal of Jesus, Mary, and St.
Peter, is truly outstanding. This work’s combination of intricate realistic
detail and interpretative religion do not contradict each other, they instead
compliment and blend in with each other, making it a truly unique
representation of a dreary occasion.
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