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EL GRECO (DOMENIKOS THEOTOKOPOULOS)

Born in Candia

(""'" Hm,Hon)

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irtflurn"d by

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m..-h in Rom,

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Ma,...,.,. Madrid,

hid [allY for royal

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PainlJ til< Hurial

of Count OrVz

Gaim Inilrly

ClH",",'m'"", in

To/,do and Madril

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£..in, Loui~ IX of Fr.""" (1586_94)

l.iJui, IX, King </ hana, <::1lJ c,","nj~d in 12 97.., tb. id,a/ Cbrim'an

,"""arm. EJ G,.,," pain,,'; him for Ib, C."",",Riformati<!1l "".""

AJtbGilgb til. [ac, it tnu/i,jonally r otlic ,;:itb high roukbowtand r1l1ring

dark 'Y", EJ Grrol pm= L()UiJ' body in 'k /a,bionabJ, ,bt-«-qtulr",.

P"" and gil'" him lNautifoUy "prm;,~ band,-

W

hen EI G,tto the icm ,,,inter left point het"'r tI,.n ,\ Iichd.ngdo. I'roud and

Cn::te for Venice. he wos self ... ssLT,i,·e. he la' ..... h""ame emhmiled in

<Xlflfmntt:d _ quite lite,.,lIr _ I')' long.term lawsuits. "Inc nickname 'Gre<x,'

new IlCrSl'ecti,·es. His first major inflllCnCt: was irled him n", and he alwa)s sign"] his wo .. k

Tition: h."",o "".s another. Howe"". tht-rc Domenikos "Ineotok0i'0ulos in Gred.

arc strong i ... ]ic:uions ,hat EI Gn::co ""wllr S<Jl11etimes .d(~ng Kres ("Cretan').

wotied urHiLT Ti ntoretto. llo,h artists made Ne,,,nhdess. while in Rome he did c(lflsoli(bte

coml"",i,io",,1 s ke,ches from clar Or ","<IX the 'e,;.,;enet: of llr,antiu",' ""i,h It.lian

S'atuetteS. artificiallr I it. And Tintoretto's "'. nnetism. l ie C(. 11pn::""d 'poCt: and twistL']

inAuence shine, thmugh EJ Greco's Cbri" his f"<lns: he ""'r wdl ha,,, ,,«"<I len"" and

/)rit'ing til< Troo", F no" tb. T""pk. mirro<s to d""dop these effeCts.

In Rome. EI G rec() h.d little surcess. Ahl.:'ugh"I;,le(~,d"mond"dacoolerl"b",.

perh'I'" due tt, h ..... r ogant claim ,hot he could tho: "",,",: tt, Sp,in did not (~minish 1£1 Grt..::o's