El Greco
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Of al the 20th century revaluation of art none has been more striking than that of the 16th century Spanish painter, El Greco. Modern taste, captured by his intensity, his visionary, almost mystical temper, and the strange power of his style, has within a few decades raised him from relative neglect to the stature of one of the great figures of the Renaissance.Mr. Preston's text uses virtually all that is know of El Greco's life to reveal what is traditional i his work and what is original. He traces his life from birth on Crete in 1541, through the launching of his career in Venice in the circle of Titian and Tintoretto, his work in Rome under the popes of the Counter Reformation, and the years in Toledo, his adopted home, where he executed his most renowned paintings. but El Greco's paintings are themselves the best introduction to both the man and the artist and of these Mr. Preston has chosen a cross section that demonstrate why El Greco is today generally considered one of the greatest of the old masters. Read more
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