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El Greco

Date Submitted: 09/29/2004 09:08:59
Category: / Arts & Humanities
Length: 3 pages (854 words)
Views: 78340

The Greek Kyriakos Theotokopoulos was trained as a post Byzantine religious icon painter in Crete and was influenced by the Cretian hagiographic school. He eventually abandoned this style. El Greco was a Spanish mannerist painter. In 1566 he went to Venice, Italy, where he remained until 1570 upon his departure for Rome. While in Venice, he was influenced by the paintings of Titan and Tintoretto (masters of the High Renaissance period). While in Rome, El Greco met …

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