Transcript of EL GRECO. INDEX 1.- Biography 2.- Historical Context 3.- Characteristics of his work 4.- Paintings.
- Slide 1
- EL GRECO
- Slide 2
- INDEX 1.- Biography 2.- Historical Context 3.- Characteristics
of his work 4.- Paintings
- Slide 3
- 1.-BIOGRAPHY 1.- He was born in Crete in 1541 ( Republican
Venice) Next year (2014)will mark the fourth centenary of his death
2.- He lived there for 26 years painting icons (byzantine
tradition) 3.- In 1577 he travelled to Venice and Rome. He studied
there for ten years. 4.- He arrived in Toledo ( Spain) in 1577 and
he settle there until his death in 1614
- Slide 4
- Slide 5
- Slide 6
- 2.-Historical Context -RENAISSANCE (16th century) -REIGN OF
HASBBURG (PHILIP II ) -THE TIME OF CATHOLIC COUNTER
- Slide 7
- Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Shakespeare Sinan Copernico
Cervantes Contemporary artist
- Slide 8
- JULIO II FERNANDO HABSBURGO King of Hungary SLEYMAN I IMPERIO
OTOMANO PHILIP II Spain ELISABETH II United Kingdom
- Slide 9
- 3.-CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS PAINGTINGS A)Religious issues
B)Colourful ( Ranges warm and cold) - C) Division in the table in
two zones ( celestial and terrenal) -D) Elongated figures(
MANNERISM)
- Slide 10
- BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN A)RELIGIOUS THEMES
- Slide 11
- B) COLOURFUL
- Slide 12
- CELESTIAL AREA TERRENAL AREA BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN C)TWO
DIFFERENTS AREAS
- Slide 13
- D)Elongated figures Mannerism style BAPTISM OF SAN JUAN
- Slide 14
- Expressive faces and hands
- Slide 15
- EXPRESSIVES EYES EXPRESIVES HANDS
- Slide 16
- 4.- PAINTINGS PAINTIGNS IN CRETA PAINTINGS IN ITALIA PAINTINGS
IN EL ESCORIAL PAINTIGNS IN TOLEDO ( Greco`s House, Cathedral, Sto
Tome s Church, Sta Cruz`s Museum) PAINTINGS IN DIFERENTS MUSEUMS OF
THE WORLD
- Slide 17
- Paintings in Crete ICONS
- Slide 18
- Paintings in Italy HE STUDIED WIHT DE VENETIAN PAINTERS
-TITIANO -VERONES AND ROMAN PAINTERS -MIGUEL ANGEL Christ heals a
blind
- Slide 19
- Paintings in Monastery Escorial (Madrid)
- Slide 20
- The Martyrdom of St. Maurice His work did not please the king
and went to Toledo
- Slide 21
- Paintings in Toledo HIS CLIENTS WERE THE CLERGY (Monasteries,
Convents) MOST OF HIS FAMOUS PAINTINGS ARE IN TOLEDO 1.-MUSEUM OF
GRECO ( Saints, landscape of Toledo ) 2.-SACRISTY OF TOLEDO
CATHEDRAL( The spoliation of Chris) 3.-STO TOME `S CHURCH (The
Burial of Count Orgaz)
- Slide 22
- IN THE 16TH CENTURY, TOLEDO WAS A VERY IMPORTANT SPANISH
TOWN
- Slide 23
- GRECO`S MUSEUM (TOLEDO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z70yFEYjTzk
- Slide 24
- Slide 25
- NIGHT LANDSCAPE OF TOLEDO
- Slide 26
- SERIES OF APOSTLES GRECOS MUSEUM
- Slide 27
- TEARS OF SAN PEDRO
- Slide 28
- CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO
- Slide 29
- The sacristy is where priests dress ceiling painted by Luca
Giordano
- Slide 30
- Sacristy http://www.catedralprimada.es/sacristia/
- Slide 31
- Slide 32
- Slide 33
- The expoliaton of Christ The table tells the time that Christ
will be crucified and will be stripped of his robe
- Slide 34
- Slide 35
- THE BURIAL OF THE COUNT OF ( Iglesia Sto Tom) 1588 IT`S HIS
MASTERPIECE, IT WAS VALUED at 1.200 escudos ( 90.000 euros
nowadays)
- Slide 36
- 4,80 cm 3,60 cm
- Slide 37
- Soul Count The corpse Self portrait
- Slide 38
- http://www.flickr.com/ photos/duckmarx/4673 400073/
- Slide 39
- Slide 40
- EL GRECO AND MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD MOST OF HIS PAINTINS ARE IN
TOLEDO, BUT THERE ARE HIS PAINTINGS IN DIFERENTS MUSEUMS OF THE
WORLD
- Slide 41
- MUSEO DEL PRADO ( Madrid) GENTLEMAN WITH HIS HAND ON HIS BREAST
The Holy Trinity
- Slide 42
- Adoration of the Shepherds Baptism of Christ
- Slide 43
- NATIONAL GALLERY ( London) Laocoon and his children
- Slide 44
- LOUVRE MUSEUM (Paris) Saint Luis King of France
- Slide 45
- ERMITAGE ( Moscu ) APOSTLES
- Slide 46
- UFIZZI ( ITALY) Saint JUAN AND Saint FRANCISCO
- Slide 47
- NEWS OF GRECO IN POLAND Dorota Pikula, a historian Polish,
discovered 45 years ago a painting of El Greco in Siedlce, (next to
Podznan), a litte town from Poland. The painting titled Saint
Francisco was found in a little church.
- Slide 48
- Nueva York. Sotheby`s House has sold a painting of El Greco by
750.000 $ THE LAST NEW ABOUT THE GRECO 30 enero 2013
- Slide 49
- Slide 50
- We hope you have found this to your liking and THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION