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EL GRECO

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

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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

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

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Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Shakespeare Sinan Copernico Cervantes Contemporary artist

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JULIO II FERNANDO HABSBURGO King of Hungary SLEYMAN I IMPERIO OTOMANO PHILIP II Spain ELISABETH II United Kingdom

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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)

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BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN A)RELIGIOUS THEMES

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B) COLOURFUL

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

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D)Elongated figures Mannerism style BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN

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Expressive faces and hands

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EXPRESSIVES EYES EXPRESIVES HANDS

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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

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Paintings in Crete ICONS

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

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Paintings in Monastery Escorial (Madrid)

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

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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)

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

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

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NIGHT LANDSCAPE OF TOLEDO

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SERIES OF APOSTLES GRECOS MUSEUM

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TEARS OF SAN PEDRO

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CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO

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The sacristy is where priests dress ceiling painted by Luca Giordano

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

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

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

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4,80 cm 3,60 cm

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Soul Count The corpse Self portrait

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

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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

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

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Adoration of the Shepherds Baptism of Christ

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NATIONAL GALLERY ( London) Laocoon and his children

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LOUVRE MUSEUM (Paris) Saint Luis King of France

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ERMITAGE ( Moscu ) APOSTLES

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UFIZZI ( ITALY) Saint JUAN AND Saint FRANCISCO

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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.

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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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