El Greco
[Artist]
;
Long, Rebecca J.
[Editor]Galeries Nationales d'Exposition du Grand Palais,
Art Institute of Chicago,
Art Institute of Chicago,
Réunion des Musées Nationaux,
Réunion des Musées Nationaux,
Musée du Louvre,
Musée du Louvre
Footnote:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Grand Palais, Paris, France, October 16, 2019-February 10, 2020 and the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, March 7-June 21, 2020
Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliografie: Seite 186-192
Description:
Introduction /Rebeccas J. Long --El Greco in Italy /Keith Christiansen --El Greco and Giulio Clovio: three gazes /José Riello --El Greco's altarpieces: artistic ambition and legal frustration /Rebecca J. Long --El Greco, religious painter: success and failure /Felipe Pereda --Urbs Sacra: the demand for art in El Greco's Toledo /Richard L. Kagan --El Greco and the image: between invention and variation /Guillaume Kientz --El Greco's workshop in Spain /Leticia Ruiz Gómez --Catalogue.Crete and Venice ;Rome ;Early works in Spain ;Patrons and portraits ;Devotional paintings ;the painter and his workshop --Maps --Chronology /Jena K. Carvana --Selected bibliography
Renowned for a singular artistic vision, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco (1541-1614), developed his distinctive painting style as he assiduously pursued professional success. This fresh and engaging survey of El Greco's work explores varied aspects of the artist's career-his aesthetic education in Italy, the mixed reception of his mature works in Spain, his uncompromising approach to business, and the baroque logistics of his Toledo workshop-and reveals the depth of El Greco's astounding ambition. 0The impressive volume focuses in particular on his 1577-79 altarpiece paintings for the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo-among them the magnificent 'Assumption of the Virgin'-which heralded the artist's arrival in Spain after productive periods of formation and re-formation in Crete, Venice, and Rome. Lavishly illustrated and clothbound with gilded edges, this publication features reproductions and scholarly discussions of more than 60 works ranging from large-scale canvases to intimate panels, with essays that elucidate the motives and meanings behind the artist's constantly changing and inventive approach.00Exhibition: Grand Palais, Paris, France (16.10.2019-10.02.2020) / The Art Institute of Chicago, USA (08.03-21.06.2020)