El Greco : ambition & defiance /
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 ae...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
Art Institute of Chicago,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 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). |
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| Item Description: | 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. |
| Physical Description: | 200 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 34 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300250824 0300250827 |