{"id":192,"date":"2020-05-30T20:16:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T17:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-english-primary-school-1dimchaid-fifth-grade-1\/?p=192"},"modified":"2020-05-31T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T14:50:53","slug":"dominikos-theotokopoulos-el-greco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-english-primary-school-1dimchaid-fifth-grade-1\/2020\/05\/30\/dominikos-theotokopoulos-el-greco\/","title":{"rendered":"DOMINIKOS THEOTOKOPOULOS – “EL GRECO”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dominikos Theotokopoulos was known as El Greco, that is \"The Greek\". He was a Cretan painter, sculptor and architect of Spanish Renaissance. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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self - portait of Dominikos Theotokopoulos<\/p><\/div>\n

He was born in 1541 in Heraklion of Crete. His father George Theotokopoulos was a<\/strong> tax officer and merchant. For h<\/span>is mother there is no information. He had an older brother Manouso. El Greco trained as an icon - painter and since 1563 he<\/strong> became a proff<\/del>essional painter.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1567 he<\/strong> moved to Venice for<\/del> to<\/strong> continue his studies and in 1570 he<\/strong> moved to Rome. In Rome El Greco came face to face with the intense competition. <\/span><\/p>\n

In 1577 El Greco moved to Spain. He first settled in Madrid and later in Toledo a city that was then the religious and political centre of Spain. There he created some of the most famous works of his mature period and experienced the establishment <\/del>gained recognition<\/strong>. He died on April 7, 1614<\/span><\/p>\n

SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS WORKS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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the words El Greco used to sign his paintings<\/p><\/div>\n

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View of Toledo, Metropolitan Museum or art, New York<\/p><\/div>\n

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Modena Triptych, Galleria Estense Modena<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, National Gallery London<\/p><\/div>\n

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Christ carrying the Cross, Metropolitan Museum of art New York<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Disrobing of Christ (El Espolio), Sancristy of the Cathedral Toledo<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Dormition of the Virgin, Holy Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin, Hermoupolis Syros<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dominikos Theotokopoulos was known as El Greco, that is “The Greek”. He was a Cretan painter, sculptor and architect of Spanish Renaissance. \u00a0 He was born in 1541 in Heraklion of Crete. His father George Theotokopoulos was a … <\/p>\n

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