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Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Cretan Renaissance literature, Cretan Renaissance painters, El Greco, George of Trebizond, Cretan War, Cretan School, Demetrios Kydones, Revolt of St. Titus, Cyril Lucaris, Siege of Candia, 1303 Crete earthquake, Kingdom of Candia, Michael Damaskinos, Angelos Akotantos, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Pietro Gradenigo, Erotokritos, Theophanes the Cretan, Gregory of Sinai, Maximos Margunios, Georgios Chortatzis, Emmanuel Tzanes, Theodore Poulakis, Angelos Pitzamanos. Excerpt: El Greco (1541 - April 7, 1614) was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, (Domenikos Theotokopoulos). El Greco was born on Crete, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the centre of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before travelling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570 he moved to Rome, where he opened a workshop and executed a series of works. During his stay in Italy, El Greco enriched his style with elements of Mannerism and of the Venetian Renaissance. In 1577, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. In Toledo, El Greco received several major commissions and produced his best-known paintings. El Greco's dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but found appreciation in the 20th century. El Greco is regarded as a precursor of both Expressionism and Cubism, while his personality and works were a source of inspiration for poets and writers such as Rainer Maria Rilke and Nikos Kazantzakis. El Greco has been characterized by modern scholars as an artist so individual that he belongs to no conventiona...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Venetian Crete: Cretan Renaissance Literature, Cretan Renaissance Painters, El Greco, George of Trebizond, Cretan War, Cretan School. To get started finding Venetian Crete: Cretan Renaissance Literature, Cretan Renaissance Painters, El Greco, George of Trebizond, Cretan War, Cretan School, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Cretan Renaissance literature, Cretan Renaissance painters, El Greco, George of Trebizond, Cretan War, Cretan School, Demetrios Kydones, Revolt of St. Titus, Cyril Lucaris, Siege of Candia, 1303 Crete earthquake, Kingdom of Candia, Michael Damaskinos, Angelos Akotantos, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Pietro Gradenigo, Erotokritos, Theophanes the Cretan, Gregory of Sinai, Maximos Margunios, Georgios Chortatzis, Emmanuel Tzanes, Theodore Poulakis, Angelos Pitzamanos. Excerpt: El Greco (1541 - April 7, 1614) was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, (Domenikos Theotokopoulos). El Greco was born on Crete, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the centre of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before travelling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570 he moved to Rome, where he opened a workshop and executed a series of works. During his stay in Italy, El Greco enriched his style with elements of Mannerism and of the Venetian Renaissance. In 1577, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. In Toledo, El Greco received several major commissions and produced his best-known paintings. El Greco's dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but found appreciation in the 20th century. El Greco is regarded as a precursor of both Expressionism and Cubism, while his personality and works were a source of inspiration for poets and writers such as Rainer Maria Rilke and Nikos Kazantzakis. El Greco has been characterized by modern scholars as an artist so individual that he belongs to no conventiona...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Venetian Crete: Cretan Renaissance Literature, Cretan Renaissance Painters, El Greco, George of Trebizond, Cretan War, Cretan School. To get started finding Venetian Crete: Cretan Renaissance Literature, Cretan Renaissance Painters, El Greco, George of Trebizond, Cretan War, Cretan School, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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