Title
El Greco / essays, David Davies and John H. Elliott ; catalogue entries, Xavier Bray, Keith Christiansen, Gabriele Finaldi with contributions by Marcus Burke and Lois Oliver ; catalogue edited by David Davies.
ISBN
9781857099386 (pbk.)
1857099389 (pbk.)
9781857099331
1857099338
Publication Details
London : National Gallery Company ; [New Haven, Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2003.
Language
English
Description
319 p. : col. ill. ; 33 cm.
Call Number
ND813.T4 A4 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
759.6
Summary
Publisher's description: A much anticipated, wide-ranging survey of works by one of the world's greatest artists. El Greco (1541-1614), born Domenikos Theotokopoulos, was one of the most fascinating and distinctive artists of the sixteenth century. His works are immediately recognizable for their brilliant colors, elongated figures, and spiritual intensity. Initially trained in Crete, in around 1567 El Greco moved to Italy where he purportedly studied with Titian. A decade later he is documented in Toledo (south of Madrid), and he spent the rest of his long life in Spain. His paintings and writings offer a thoughtful, frequently inspired response to the varied environments in which he worked--and they reveal that he was deeply engaged with the religious and artistic thinking of his times. This lavishly illustrated book--the first comprehensive English-language publication on El Greco in many years--addresses the full range of the artist's work in painting and sculpture, from his Byzantine icons to his late altarpieces. It considers his personality from both a religious and intellectual point of view, and presents the artist's religious, mythological, genre, landscape, and portrait works, providing the historical context in which they were made. El Greco is the catalogue for an exhibition organized jointly by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Gallery, London. The exhibition opens in New York in October 2003, and moves to London in February 2004.
Note
Published in connection with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and at The National Gallery, London, in 2003/2004.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.
El Greco's Mediterranean: the encounter of civilisations / John H. Elliott
Chronology / Xavier Bray, Lois Oliver
El Greco's religious art: the illumination and quickening of the spirit / David Davies
CATALOGUE
Religous works:
Christ healing the blind
Purification of the temple
Devotional paintings
Santo Domingo el Antiguo altarpieces
Capilla de San José, Toledo
Doña María de Aragón altarpiece
Oballe Chapel in the Church of San Vicente, Toledo
Genre and classical works:
Playing with fire: El Greco's boy blowing on an ember
Troy and Toledo: El Greco's Laocoön
El Greco's portraits: the body natural and the body politic / David Davies.
