_Arts

El Greco Birth name Doménikos Theotokópoulos Born 1541, Crete, Republic of Venice Died April 7, 1614 (aged 72–73), Toledo, Spain Nationality Spanish/Greek Field Painting, sculpture and architecture Movement Mannerism Works El Espolio (1577–1579) The Assumption of the Virgin (1577–1579) The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586–1588) View of Toledo (1596–1600) Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608–1614) El Greco (1541 – April 7, 1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos). El Greco was born in Crete, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the centre of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before travelling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570 he moved to...

Artist El Greco (1541–1614) Title English: The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest Español: El caballero de la mano en el pecho Date ~1580 Technique Oil on canvas Dimensions 81.8 × 65.8 cm (32.20 × 25.91 in) Current location Museo del Prado, Madrid, España http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_caballero_de_la_mano_en_el_pecho_(2008).jpg Portraits by El Greco | Paintings by El Greco in the Prado Museum

Allegory of Happiness (1564) Angelo Bronzino, "Allegorie des Glücks" (1564) Oil on copper 40 x 30 cm Uffizien (Florenz) Agnolo di Cosimo (November 17, 1503 – November 23, 1572), usually known as Il Bronzino, or Agnolo Bronzino was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angelo_Bronzino_-_Allegorie_Des_Gl%C3%BCcks.jpg Angelo Bronzino | Paintings in the Uffizi Gallery | 1564 paintings | Fortuna | Paintings of cornucopia | Caduceus | Allegorical paintings | Humans with angels | Oil on copper | Mannerism (1520 - 1600)

Mannerism (1520 - 1600) Mannerism was an art style that focused on the human form, depicted in intricate poses and in exaggerated, not always realistic settings. The term Mannerism was derived from the Italian word maniera, translated as “style.” It developed in Florence and Rome between 1520 and 1600, as a style that rejected the balance of the Renaissance period in favor of a more emotional and distorted point of view. This art style reflected the tension in Europe at the time of its popularity. The movement eventually gained favor in northern Italy and most of central and northern Europe. Paintings contained artificial color and unrealistic spatial proportions. Figures were often elongated and exaggerated, positioned in imaginative and complex poses. Works of the movement are often unsettling and strange, probably a result of the time period’s upheaval from the Reformation, the plague, and the sack of Rome. In 1600, Mannerists were accused of disrupting the unity of Renaissance cl...