INDEX 1 Biography 2 Historical Context 3 Characteristics of his work 4 Paintings 1 BIOGRAPHY 1 He was born in Crete in 1541 Republican Venice ID: 393943
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EL GRECOSlide2
INDEX
1.-
Biography
2.-
Historical
Context
3.-
Characteristics
of
his
work
4.-
PaintingsSlide3
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 1614Slide4Slide5Slide6
2.-
Historical
Context
RENAISSANCE (16th century)
REIGN OF HASBBURG (PHILIP II ) -THE TIME OF CATHOLIC COUNTERSlide7
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Shakespeare
Sinan
Copernico
Cervantes
Contemporary
artistSlide8
JULIO II
FERNANDO HABSBURGO
King of
Hungary
SÜLEYMAN I IMPERIO OTOMANO
PHILIP II
Spain
ELISABETH II United KingdomSlide9
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)Slide10
BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
A)RELIGIOUS THEMESSlide11
B) COLOURFULSlide12
CELESTIAL AREA
TERRENAL AREA
BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
C)TWO DIFFERENTS AREAS Slide13
D)
Elongated
figures
Mannerism
style
BAPTISM OF SAN JUANSlide14
BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
Expressive
faces and
handsSlide15
EXPRESSIVES EYES
EXPRESIVES HANDSSlide16
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 WORLDSlide17
Paintings
in
Crete
ICONS Slide18
Paintings
in
Italy
HE STUDIED WIHT DE VENETIAN PAINTERS
-TITIANO-VERONES
AND ROMAN PAINTERS-MIGUEL ANGELChrist
heals a blindSlide19
Paintings
in
Monastery
Escorial (Madrid)Slide20
The
Martyrdom of St. Maurice
His work did not please the king and went to ToledoSlide21
Paintings
in Toledo
HIS CLIENTS WERE “THE CLERGY” (
Monasteries
, Convents)MOST OF HIS FAMOUS PAINTINGS ARE IN TOLEDO1.-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)Slide22
IN THE 16TH CENTURY , TOLEDO WAS A VERY IMPORTANT SPANISH TOWNSlide23
GRECO`S MUSEUM (TOLEDO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70yFEYjTzkSlide24Slide25
NIGHT LANDSCAPE OF TOLEDOSlide26
SERIES OF APOSTLES
GRECO´S MUSEUMSlide27
TEARS OF SAN PEDROSlide28
CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDOSlide29
The sacristy is where priests dress
ceiling painted by Luca GiordanoSlide30
Sacristy
http://www.catedralprimada.es/sacristia/Slide31Slide32Slide33
The
expoliaton
of
ChristThe table tells the time that Christ will be crucified and will be stripped of his robeSlide34Slide35
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)Slide36
4,80 cm
3,60 cmSlide37
Soul
Count
The
corpse
Self portraitSlide38
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duckmarx/4673400073/Slide39Slide40
EL GRECO AND MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD
MOST OF HIS PAINTINS ARE IN TOLEDO,
BUT THERE ARE HIS PAINTINGS IN
DIFERENTS MUSEUMS OF THE WORLDSlide41
MUSEO DEL PRADO ( Madrid)
GENTLEMAN WITH HIS HAND ON HIS BREAST
The
Holy
TrinitySlide42
Adoration
of
the
Shepherds
Baptism of ChristSlide43
NATIONAL GALLERY ( London)
Laocoon
and
his
childrenSlide44
LOUVRE MUSEUM (Paris)
Saint Luis King of FranceSlide45
ERMITAGE (
Moscu
)
APOSTLESSlide46
UFIZZI ( ITALY)
Saint JUAN AND Saint FRANCISCOSlide47
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. Slide48
Nueva York
.
Sotheby`s
House has sold a painting of El Greco by 750.000 $
THE LAST NEW ABOUT THE GRECO30 enero 2013Slide49Slide50
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