El Greco The Cretan Years

Author : Nikolaos M. Panagiotakes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351941356
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El Greco – The Cretan Years written by Nikolaos M. Panagiotakes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring all the available sources, this study, which until now was only available in Greek, presents us with an account of El Greco's life up to the time he left Crete for Italy in 1567 at the age of twenty-six, already an accomplished professional painter. Nikolaos Panagiotakes provides a thorough assessment of earlier research on Crete of the 16th century then goes on to present new conclusions on the life of El Greco deriving from the author's firsthand reading of Venetian archive material, including questions relating to his birthplace, family, name, religious affiliation, and apprenticeship as a painter. The evidence indicates that El Greco was an established professional 'master painter' earlier than had previously been thought and also that he had a family before leaving Crete, thus perhaps explaining why he did not later marry Jerónima de las Cuevas, with whom he had a son in Toledo. This work marks a valuable contribution to El Greco scholarship, particularly in its thoroughly substantiated assessment of the evidence regarding the formative years in the life of El Greco, one of the greatest of all European artists.

Author : Greco
Publisher : Onassis Foundation USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of El Greco written by Greco and published by Onassis Foundation USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Origins of El Greco focuses on the evolution of the multifaceted relationship of Cretan painters with Western art during this rich period. The icon painters in the workshops on Crete in the 15th and 16th centuries-the setting in which El Greco was trained-were renowned for their skill in painting impeccable panels not only in the traditional Byzantine manner but also in a style inspired by Western models. The Origins of El Greco presents an extraordinary group of 15th and 16th century paintings, including works by El Greco. The color-illustrated catalogue features detailed descriptions of all 46 masterpieces included in the exhibition, some of them published for the first time, as well as 3 informative essays: Anastasia Drandaki, Curator, Byzantine Collection, Benaki Museum, Athens writes on "Between Byzantium and Venice: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries", Olga Gratziou, Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology, University of Crete writes on "Cretan Architecture and Sculpture in the Venetian Period" and Nicos Hadjinicolaou, Professor Emeritus in Art History, University of Crete, and Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, writes on "Early and Late El Greco".

Author : Andrew R. Casper
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271063068
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy written by Andrew R. Casper and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy is the first book-length examination of the early career of one of the early modern period’s most notoriously misunderstood figures. Born around 1541, Domenikos Theotokopoulos began his career as an icon painter on the island of Crete. He is best known, under the name “El Greco,” for the works he created while in Spain, paintings that have provoked both rapt admiration and scornful disapproval since his death in 1614. But the nearly ten years he spent in Venice and Rome, from 1567 to 1576, have remained underexplored until now. Andrew Casper’s examination of this period allows us to gain a proper understanding of El Greco’s entire career and reveals much about the tumultuous environment for religious painting after the Council of Trent. Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy is a new book in the Art History Publication Initiative (AHPI), a collaborative grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Thanks to the AHPI grant, this book will be available in popular e-book formats.

Author : Greco
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El Greco written by Greco and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life and work of Domenicos Theotocopoulous, the sixteenth-century artist who created his greatest works in Spain where he was known as "El Greco."

Author : Panagiōtēs K. Iōannou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789604762460
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perceptions of El Greco in 2014 written by Panagiōtēs K. Iōannou and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five simultaneous exhibitions and two international congresses had as a final result the exhibition Domenikos Theotokopoulos between Venice and Rome at the Historical Museum of Crete (21st of June-15th of October 2014) which was transferred to the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138 in Athens (list of November 2014-1st of March 2015) with some significant changes and the exhibition Friends and Patrons of El Greco in Toledo at the main building of the Benaki Museum of Greek Culture. The Byzantine Museum organized the exhibition Domenikos Theotokopoulos "Before El Greco" (3rd of December 2014-31st of March 2015). Finally, two international conferences were held: one by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies (SCHS) and the Municipality of Heraklion at the Historical Museum of Crete (11-13 of June 2014) entitled "El Greco: The Cretan Years" and one by the Benaki Museum in Athens entitled "Domenikos Theotokopoulos: From Crete, to Venice, to Rome, to Toledo" (21-23 of November 2014).

Author : David Davies
Publisher : National Gallery Publications Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781857099331
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El Greco written by David Davies and published by National Gallery Publications Limited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the full range of the sixteenth century artist's work in painting and sculpture, from his Byzantine icons to his late altarpieces.

Author : Rebecca J. Long
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300250827
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El Greco written by Rebecca J. Long and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visually stunning examination of El Greco’s work that considers the artist’s constant reinvention and professional drive Renowned for a singular artistic vision, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco (1541–1614), developed his distinctive painting style as he assiduously pursued professional success. This fresh and engaging survey of El Greco’s work explores varied aspects of the artist’s career—his aesthetic education in Italy, the mixed reception of his mature works in Spain, his uncompromising approach to business, and the baroque logistics of his Toledo workshop—and reveals the depth of El Greco’s astounding ambition. The impressive volume focuses in particular on his 1577–79 altarpiece paintings for the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo—among them the magnificent Assumption of the Virgin—which heralded the artist’s arrival in Spain after productive periods of formation and re-formation in Crete, Venice, and Rome. Lavishly illustrated and clothbound with gilded edges, this publication features reproductions and scholarly discussions of more than 60 works ranging from large-scale canvases to intimate panels, with essays that elucidate the motives and meanings behind the artist’s constantly changing and inventive approach.

Author : Pál Kelemen
Publisher : New York, Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El Greco Revisited: Candia, Venice, Toledo written by Pál Kelemen and published by New York, Macmillan. This book was released on 1961 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-creates the times and scenes of El Greco's life, placing his work in the Byzantine tradition. Illustrated with many black-and-white photographs.

Author : Andrew R. Casper
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271064811
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy written by Andrew R. Casper and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy is the first book-length examination of the early career of one of the early modern period’s most notoriously misunderstood figures. Born around 1541, Domenikos Theotokopoulos began his career as an icon painter on the island of Crete. He is best known, under the name “El Greco,” for the works he created while in Spain, paintings that have provoked both rapt admiration and scornful disapproval since his death in 1614. But the nearly ten years he spent in Venice and Rome, from 1567 to 1576, have remained underexplored until now. Andrew Casper’s examination of this period allows us to gain a proper understanding of El Greco’s entire career and reveals much about the tumultuous environment for religious painting after the Council of Trent. Art and the Religious Image in El Greco’s Italy is a new book in the Art History Publication Initiative (AHPI), a collaborative grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Thanks to the AHPI grant, this book will be available in popular e-book formats.

Author : Nicos Hadjinicolaou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789607309006
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book El Greco written by Nicos Hadjinicolaou and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: