El Greco (Domenicos Theotocopoulos)An account of the life and work of late sixteenth-early seventeenth century Greek artist El Greco, discussing his unique style, and including forty full-page reproductions of his paintings, each with an individual commentary. |
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... Christ on the Mount of Olives Christ on the Mount of Olives ( detail ) Christ on the Mount of Olives ( detail ) Descent of the Holy Ghost Laocoön Opening of the Fifth Seal Baptism of Christ Assumption of the Virgin 94 96 98 100 102 104 ...
... Christ on the Mount of Olives Christ on the Mount of Olives ( detail ) Christ on the Mount of Olives ( detail ) Descent of the Holy Ghost Laocoön Opening of the Fifth Seal Baptism of Christ Assumption of the Virgin 94 96 98 100 102 104 ...
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... Christ's mission and death — is transmitted to us as spec- tators of the picture and as witnesses of the event through the vortex - like body of the little St. John the Precursor . In the Baptism of Christ ( page 125 ) , he paints an ...
... Christ's mission and death — is transmitted to us as spec- tators of the picture and as witnesses of the event through the vortex - like body of the little St. John the Precursor . In the Baptism of Christ ( page 125 ) , he paints an ...
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... Christ in the glorified flesh ; their cry is for the Last Judgment and the resurrection of their bodies , when they will receive " another robe ” and be above the altar ; that is , they will have a full knowledge of the Christ's ...
... Christ in the glorified flesh ; their cry is for the Last Judgment and the resurrection of their bodies , when they will receive " another robe ” and be above the altar ; that is , they will have a full knowledge of the Christ's ...
Contents
Annunciation detail GALLERY OF WILDENSTEIN CO NEW YORK Cover | 11 |
Assumption of the Virgin Opposite page | 32 |
Holy Trinity | 36 |
Copyright | |
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1817 LIBRARIES angel artist ascension Assumption Baptism beauty BERNARDINO OF SIENA Berruguete blue body Burial of Count Byzantine Byzantium CHILD Museum Christ Church of Santo classical antiquity clouds color contrasts Cossio Count Orgaz cubistic dark deformation DOMENICOS THEOTOCOPOULOS drama Dürer earth El Greco Espolio exalted expression eyes face Fifth Seal figure FRAY HORTENSIO FELIX geometrical Greco Greco's art grey hand head heaven Holy Family HORTENSIO FELIX PARAVICINO Ignacio Zuloaga intense isolated Laocoön LIBRARIES UNIVERSIT light luminous Madrid man's Mannerist medieval Michelangelo MICHI MICHIGAN CHIGAN milieu miracle Mistra MOUNT OF OLIVES Museum of Art mystical National Gallery nudity ovoid Pacheco painted painter passion perhaps pictorial picture portrait Prado psychological quiet Renaissance rhythm robe RSITY Saint Santo Tomé seems self-portrait sixteenth century space Spain spatial spiraling structure symbols theme Theotocopuli Tintoretto tion Titian Toledan Toledo Toledo detail transformed UNIVERSITY UNIVER UNIVERSITY VERSITY Virgin Washington Widener Collection