el greco ( domènikos theotokòpoulos )
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EL Greco ( Domènikos Theotokòpoulos ). By Sarah Brown. Growing up. came from an urban family El Greco was claimed to be Greek Orthodox El Greco’s family probably been driven out of Fodele or Candia to Candia after an uprising against the Venetians between 1526 and 1528 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
EL Greco(Domènikos
Theotokòpoulos)By Sarah Brown
Growing up
came from an urban family El Greco was claimed to be Greek Orthodox
El Greco’s family probably been driven out of Fodele or Candia to Candia after an uprising against
the Venetians between 1526 and 1528 Greco's father(Geórgios Theotokópoulos)was a merchant
and tax collector Nothing is know about Greco mother or first wife.
El Greco received his initial training as an icon painter of the Cretan school.
In addition to painting, he probably studied the classics of ancient Greece, and perhaps the Latin
classics.
Education
Opening of the Fifth Seal This painting was
made for a side altar of the church
of Saint John the Baptist outside the
walls of Toledo. Originally El Greco's
painting was referred to as Profane
Love. He had doubts about the
title and changed it to the Opening of the Fifth Seal. The
Metropolitan Museum, where the
painting is kept.
El Greco died on April 7 1614
El Greco's Death
Citiationshttp://
www.biography.com/people/el-greco-9319123
http://www.nndb.com/people/687/000084435/
http://www.wga.hu/tours/spain/greco1.html