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The Opening of the Fifth Seal
Painting ID:: 59162
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El Greco
The Opening of the Fifth Seal
The Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608?C1614, oil, 225 ?? 193 cm., New York, Metropolitan Museum) has been suggested to be the prime source of inspiration for Picasso's Les Demoiselles d' Avignon.
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Picasso Les Demoiselles d Avignon
Painting ID:: 59163
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El Greco
Picasso Les Demoiselles d Avignon
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d' Avignon (1907, oil on canvas, 243.9 ?? 233.7 cm., New York, Museum of Modern Art) appears to have certain morphological and stylistic similarities with The Opening of the Fifth Seal.
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Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocopoulos
Painting ID:: 59164
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El Greco
Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocopoulos
Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocopoulos (1600?C1605, oil on canvas, 81 ?? 56 cm, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, Seville)
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The Modena Triptych
Painting ID:: 59165
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El Greco
The Modena Triptych
The Modena Triptych (1568, tempera on panel, 37 ?? 23,8 cm (central), 24 ?? 18 cm (side panels), Galleria Estense, Modena) is a small-scale composition attributed to El Greco.
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The Purification of the Temple
Painting ID:: 62290
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El Greco
The Purification of the Temple
1571-76 Oil on canvas Institute of Arts, Minneapolis The most significant iconographic feature of this version is the introduction in the lower right-hand corner four portraits of artists. They are, from left to right, Titian, Michelangelo, Giulio Clovio and Raphael (although it has also been suggested that this figure is El Greco himself, Giulio Romano or even Correggio). Their presence can be interpreted as a straightforward homage by El Greco to those artists to whom he felt indebted (and some of whose works he was quoting in the picture).
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El Greco
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Greek-born Spanish Mannerist Painter, 1541-1614
Considered a representative of late Renaissance Spanish art, El Greco was actually born in Greece, on the island of Crete. After studying in Venice under Titian, El Greco settled in Toledo, Spain in 1577. At the time he was wildly popular, his emotionally religious paintings being just the ticket for the hometown of the Spanish Inquisition. After his death his work was largely ignored until the beginning of the 20th century; now he considered one of the inspired geniuses of Western art. His distinctive style features bold shapes and colors, with elongated and slightly distorted figures.
In Toledo El Greco was in constant demand and liked living large: he maintained a private orchestra to accompany his meals. |
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