3. Background Information
Domenikos
Theotocopoulos was
born in Crete as a
disciple of Titan. When
he was young he was
trained as an icon
painter. When he
moved to Spain people
couldn’t say his name
correctly so the name
stuck and everyone
called him El Greco.
http://goeurope.about.com/od/greece/ss/crete-map-travelguide.htm
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4. Significant Events
1. He was referred to as a master
painter in 1566
2. Giulio Clovio declared El Greco as a
pupil of Titan
3. Tintoretto influenced El Greco when
he was in Rome
4. Michelangelo impacted his
development as an artist
5. His wife Jeronima de las Cuevas
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Tintoretto
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/ti
ntoretto/portrait-of-the-sculptorjacopo-sansovino-1570
Michelangelo
http://www.sculptorsam.com/how-doesmichelangelo-tie-his-boots/
5. Where He Studied Art
1. Moved to Venice to master
renaissance painting.
•The Miracle of Christ Healing the
Blind
2. Moved to Rome with a
recommendation letter.
3. Moved to Spain trying to get
patronage from Phillip II.
4. Moved to Toledo
•Espolio
•The Burial of Count Orgaz
•The Adoration of the Sheppard’s
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http://travellertribe.com/toledo/photo/
https://ugrad.fiu.edu/studyabroad/Pages/Archit
ecture-in-Rome.aspx
Rome
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6. His Type/Style of Art
•Oils on a canvas
•Spanish Renaissance art
•Mythical art
a. Long figures
b. Contrast with colors
•Western-Style art
•Venetian art
a. Rich colors
b. Sketchy style
•Mannerist art
•Naturalist style
http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=dhj
93Qq1fVM
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7. Examples of His Work
El Espolio, 1577-79, Oil on a Canvas.
Located in Sacristy of the Cathedral of Toledo
View of Toledo, 1597, Oil on a Canvas.
Located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://certo.inoe.ro/immaterial/pagini/gal
lery.html
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/item.php?item=1231
Adoration of the Sheppard, 1612-14, Oil on a Canvas
Mueseo del Prado, Madrid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_shepherds
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