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El Grecos The Burial of Count Orgaz
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The main subject of El Grecos "The Burial of Count Orgaz" is not just a "male person," lying down" (the body of Count Orgaz) but rather the entire burial ceremony, which is better described as a "process. ... El Grecos main subject might be defined as either a "person" (Orgaz dead) or as a "process" (burial ceremony). The slumped body of Orgaz is a "sad" sight. On the other hand, the burial is obviously a glorious and heavenly affair. ... The Burial of Count of Orgaz is a magnificent composition, based on a fourteenth-century legend, in which the artist expresses his disdain for externals and his interest in the "interior light" and the human form. In this picture the figures of knights and monks form a frieze (wall painting) beneath which two saints support the body of the count.
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Title: El Grecos The Burial of Count Orgaz
Words: 653
Rating: None
Pages: 2.6
submitted by: bsids2003hotmail
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