1. EL GRECO

2. INDEX 1.- Biography 2.- Historical Context 3.- Characteristics of his work 4.- Paintings

3. 1.-BIOGRAPHY 1.- He was born in Crete in 1541 ( Republican Venice) Next year (2014)will mark the fourth centenary of his death 2.- He lived there for 26 years painting icons (byzantine tradition) 3.- In 1577 he travelled to Venice and Rome. He studied there for ten years. 4.- He arrived in Toledo ( Spain) in 1577 and he settle there until his death in 1614

6. 2.-Historical Context -RENAISSANCE (16th century) -REIGN OF HASBBURG (PHILIP II ) -THE TIME OF CATHOLIC COUNTER

7. Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Shakespeare Sinan Copernico Cervantes Contemporary artist

8. JULIO II FERNANDO HABSBURGO King of Hungary SÜLEYMAN I IMPERIO OTOMANO PHILIP II Spain ELISABETH II United Kingdom

9. 3.-CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS PAINGTINGS A)Religious issues B)Colourful ( Ranges warm and cold) - C) Division in the table in two zones ( celestial and terrenal) -D) Elongated figures( MANNERISM)

10. BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN A)RELIGIOUS THEMES

11. B) COLOURFUL

12. CELESTIAL AREA TERRENAL AREA BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN C)TWO DIFFERENTS AREAS

13. D)Elongated figures Mannerism style BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN

14. Expressive faces and hands

15. EXPRESSIVES EYES EXPRESIVES HANDS

16. 4.- PAINTINGS PAINTIGNS IN CRETA PAINTINGS IN ITALIA PAINTINGS IN EL ESCORIAL PAINTIGNS IN TOLEDO ( Greco`s House, Cathedral, Sto Tome ´s Church, Sta Cruz`s Museum) PAINTINGS IN DIFERENTS MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD

17. Paintings in Crete ICONS

18. Paintings in Italy HE STUDIED WIHT DE VENETIAN PAINTERS -TITIANO -VERONES AND ROMAN PAINTERS -MIGUEL ANGEL Christ heals a blind

19. Paintings in Monastery Escorial (Madrid)

20. The Martyrdom of St. Maurice His work did not please the king and went to Toledo

21. Paintings in Toledo HIS CLIENTS WERE “THE CLERGY” (Monasteries, Convents) MOST OF HIS FAMOUS PAINTINGS ARE IN TOLEDO 1.-MUSEUM OF GRECO ( Saints, landscape of Toledo …) 2.-SACRISTY OF TOLEDO CATHEDRAL( The spoliation of Chris) 3.-STO TOME `S CHURCH (The Burial of Count Orgaz)

22. IN THE 16TH CENTURY, TOLEDO WAS A VERY IMPORTANT SPANISH TOWN

23. GRECO`S MUSEUM (TOLEDO) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70yFEYjTzk

25. NIGHT LANDSCAPE OF TOLEDO

26. SERIES OF APOSTLES GRECO´S MUSEUM

27. TEARS OF SAN PEDRO

28. CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO

29. The sacristy is where priests dress ceiling painted by Luca Giordano

30. Sacristy http://www.catedralprimada.es/sacristia/

33. The expoliaton of Christ The table tells the time that Christ will be crucified and will be stripped of his robe

35. THE BURIAL OF THE COUNT OF ( Iglesia Sto Tomé) 1588 IT`S HIS MASTERPIECE, IT WAS VALUED at 1.200 escudos ( 90.000 euros nowadays)

36. 4,80 cm 3,60 cm

37. Soul Count The corpse Self portrait

38. http://www.flickr.com/ photos/duckmarx/4673 400073/

40. EL GRECO AND MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD MOST OF HIS PAINTINS ARE IN TOLEDO, BUT THERE ARE HIS PAINTINGS IN DIFERENTS MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD

41. MUSEO DEL PRADO ( Madrid) GENTLEMAN WITH HIS HAND ON HIS BREAST The Holy Trinity

42. Adoration of the Shepherds Baptism of Christ

43. NATIONAL GALLERY ( London) Laocoon and his children

44. LOUVRE MUSEUM (Paris) Saint Luis King of France

45. ERMITAGE ( Moscu ) APOSTLES

46. UFIZZI ( ITALY) Saint JUAN AND Saint FRANCISCO

47. NEWS OF GRECO IN POLAND Dorota Pikula, a historian Polish, discovered 45 years ago a painting of El Greco in Siedlce, (next to Podznan), a litte town from Poland. The painting titled “ Saint Francisco” was found in a little church.

48. Nueva York. Sotheby`s House has sold a painting of El Greco by 750.000 $ THE LAST NEW ABOUT THE GRECO 30 enero 2013

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