El Greco
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, Spanish/Portuguese History
Article abstract: Adapting principles he learned in Venice and Rome, El Greco achieved a unique artistic style and became Spain’s greatest religious artist and one of the world’s foremost portrait painters.
Early Life
El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) was born in Candia, Crete, in 1541. Of his family, little is known, except that his father’s name was Jorghi and one brother was named Manoussos. Since his knowledge of languages and his wide intellectual interests suggest a good education, El Greco’s biographers have assumed that his Greek...
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