El Greco
Elongated-figure painter
El Greco was a Greek-born painter (1541–1614) who worked mainly in Spain, known for elongated figures, dramatic lighting, and intense religious imagery.
His name is Spanish for "the Greek." His work, rediscovered centuries later, influenced Expressionism and modern art: an El Greco hanging in the Prado, that El Greco quality of tortured spirituality.
Canonized religious figures
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- AnnunciationGabriel's announcement to Mary
- AssumptionMary's bodily heavenward reception
- apostlesZealous promoters of causes
Christ · Virgin Mary · angels · heaven · clouds · penitence · devotion · Counter-Reformation
Sixteenth-century artistic sophistication movement
- elongationIncrease in length
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- dramatic lightingHigh-contrast, mood-setting illumination
- distortionTwisting from original state
visionary · mysticism · Counter-Reformation · ecstatic · unearthly
Largest Greek island
- ToledoCity in Spain or Ohio
- SpainIberian Peninsula country
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
- RomeItaly's capital city
Philip II · Titian · Tintoretto · naturalized · workshop · patrons · commissions · inventory
Bishop's principal church
- archbishopricSenior prelate's jurisdiction
- Jewish QuarterHistoric designated Hebrew district
- stormy skyClouds signaling bad weather
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
Three persons, one essence
- PentecostSpirit's arrival celebration
- altarpiecesReligious artwork behind altars
saints
Canonized religious figures
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- AnnunciationGabriel's announcement to Mary
- AssumptionMary's bodily heavenward reception
apostles · Christ · Virgin Mary · angels · heaven · clouds · penitence · devotion · Counter-Reformation · religious ecstasy
Mannerism
Sixteenth-century artistic sophistication movement
- elongationIncrease in length
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- dramatic lightingHigh-contrast, mood-setting illumination
distortion · visionary · mysticism · Counter-Reformation · ecstatic · unearthly
Crete
Largest Greek island
Rome · Philip II · Titian · Tintoretto · naturalized · workshop · patrons · commissions · inventory
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
- archbishopricSenior prelate's jurisdiction
- Jewish QuarterHistoric designated Hebrew district
- stormy skyClouds signaling bad weather
Holy Trinity
Three persons, one essence
- PentecostSpirit's arrival celebration
- altarpiecesReligious artwork behind altars
- CreteKnossos, Minoans, Minoan, Phaistos Disc, Minotaur
- Greek artists
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci
- Spanish Cultureflamenco, paella, Goya, tapas, bullfighting
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
El Greconaturalism
Worldview excluding the supernatural
Raphael · Johannes Vermeer · Velázquez · Leonardo da Vinci · Vermeer
El GrecoFrancisco Goya