3. View of Toledo –El Greco
• View of Toledo By
• Artist El Greco
• Year 1596-1600
• Type Oil on canvas
• Dimensions 121.3 cm × 108.6 cm (47.8 in
× 42.8 in)
• Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York City
4. Interpretation of “View of Toledo”
• Apocalyptic Vision: He chooses to portray the scene
just at that moment before a storm bursts. The heavens
are at war with the sun just holding out against the
impending thunderstorm and the atmosphere is
electric. The spire of Toledo Cathedral seems to conduct
this energy to the surrounding buildings while the
landscape bristles with static charge.
• “a dialogue between heaven and earth conducted
appropriately by the cathedral spire. In fact, El Greco
has changed the actual positions of the cathedral and
the Alcázar palace to increase the effectiveness of his
composition.”
5.
6. Fanciso Goya: The Sleep of Reason
Produces Monsters
• Year c. 1797
• Type Etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin
• Dimensions 21.5 cm × 15 cm (8 7/16 in × 5
7/8 in)
• Portrayal of what emerges when reason is
suppressed.
• However, it also can be interpreted as Goya's
commitment to the creative process and the
unleashing of imagination, emotions, and even
nightmares.
