El Greco
Makaela Kinney
Biography
- El Greco was born in Crete, Greece in 1541.
- At the age of 35 El Greco moved to Toledo, Spain where he worked for the rest of his life.
- He received his initial training as an icon painter of the Cretan school and studied the classics of Ancient Greece.
- He was a architect, painter, sculptor and artist. He dedicated his life to religious subject and he lived in the city.
- El Greco produced landmarks such as St. Peter in Tears and The Burial of Count Orgaz.
- El Greco's patron was Domenikos Theotokopoulos.
The Work
- One of El Greco's famous paintings is the Dormition of the Virgin.
- This piece was created between 1565 and 1566.
- This piece is now located in the Holy Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virigin, Ermoupolis, Greece.
- Dormition of the Virgin is a painting that shows the death of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Also, the way she looked before being taken into heaven.
- I found this piece interesting because it has very good and realistic details, it shows all the people standing by her body and does a good job of showing the meaning of the painting.
- The significance of this piece was showing Jesus' mother being before being taken into heaven.
- This painting is a good example of Humanism because it is proving the peoples belief in Jesus by showing Jesus's mother and the people saying their goodbyes to her before being taken into heaven.
Picture Citation
Citations
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Creator : El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Greek, 1541-1614
Title : Portrait of a Man
Date : ca. 1590-1600
Repository : The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Repository : http://www.metmuseum.org
ARTstor : MMA_IAP_1039652363
URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=%2FDFMaiMuOztdLS0wdD59RXws
Creator : El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Greek, 1541-1614
Title : Portrait of a Man
Date : ca. 1590-1600
Repository : The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Repository : http://www.metmuseum.org
ARTstor : MMA_IAP_1039652363
URL : http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=%2FDFMaiMuOztdLS0wdD59RXws
"El Greco." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 64. Detroit: Gale, 2005.Biography in Context. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.