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“El Greco. Santo Domingo el Antiguo,” on view ... to Mary—are normally found in situ at Santo Domingo, along with “The Resurrection,” from the right-side altar. The Prado displays ...
El Greco came back from the dead ... The content part: depending on your point of view, Christ’s resurrection is about a mythical character or a Houdini Most High, or a concept, spirit ...
El Greco was recognised then as an expressionist ... Poète”, which uses shading to create depth. Likewise, “The Resurrection”, painted in 1600 for the high altar of the Colegio de la ...
El Greco, born Dominikos Theotokopoulos but known as “The Greek” during his popular career in Spain, is one of art history’s most unique mannerist painters. His most famous paintings include ...
This year is the 400th anniversary of El Greco’s death but his works can feel shockingly modern. Jason Farago examines how his works influenced Manet, Cézanne, Picasso and Pollock. Few artists ...
El Greco's The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane tells the story of the first event in the story of Christ's Passion, or the Easter Story. The Agony in the Garden refers specifically to the events ...
Spain’s Prado Museum is mounting an exhibit that brings together the works the Greek painter Doménikos Theotokópoulos, better known as El Greco, completed for the Monastery of Santo Domingo el ...
better known as El Greco. It was there that the painter received his first major Spanish commission, a complex series of altarpiece paintings. Thirty-seven years later, he was buried there ...