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... About El Greco El Greco (Spanish, 1541-1614) El Greco was a Greek-born artist whose emotional style vividly expressed the passion of Counter-Reformation Spain. ... The haunting intensity of El Grecos paintings -- resulting from their unnaturally long figures and strong contrasts of color and light -- has invited a kind of mythmaking about his life and art. Following his death, El Grecos work fell into obscurity and, after its rediscovery in the last century, was often misunderstood. El Greco has been called a prophet of modern art, a mystic, and even a man whose sight was distorted by astigmatism, all misconceptions that have clouded understanding of his distinctive but deliberate style. ... I The Resurrection, late 1590s El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, 1541–1614) Oil on canvas; 108 1/4 x 50 in. ... 825 © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid An image of unsurpassed vibrancy, this Resurrection belonged to a large two-tiered altarpiece that El Greco painted for the Colegio de Dona Maria de Aragon in Madrid; it stood at the left of the second tier. ... El Greco draws a clear distinction between the turmoil of the earthbound Roman soldiers reacting to the Resurrection and the serene floating figure of Christ. |
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