1541?-1614 Greco
Author
Publisher
Art Institute of Chicago
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Renowned for a singular artistic vision, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco (1541-1614), developed his distinctive painting style as he assiduously pursued professional success. This fresh and engaging survey of El Greco's work explores varied aspects of the artist's career-his aesthetic education in Italy, the mixed reception of his mature works in Spain, his uncompromising approach to business, and the baroque logistics of his Toledo workshop-and...
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
El Greco's (1541-1614) unmistakable painting style won him considerable fame in his day. Soon after his death, however, his work was largely forgotten. It was only around the middle of the nineteenth century, and especially at the turn of the twentieth century, that an El Greco revival was launched, with Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) advancing the cause. Some thirty juxtapositions of masterpieces show that his engagement with the Greek-Spaninsh master...
