Tuesday, August 21, 2012

El Greco

El Greco on a sign, Effetto Venezia, Livorno
The Spanish Renaissance master El Greco in “Viale Caprera”
(Effetto Venezia 2012)

Search labels: Effetto Venezia
External links: El Greco - Spanish Renaissance (Wikipedia)
Portrait of a Man” by El Greco (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

16 comments:

  1. Always enjoying his work.

    Please have a good Tuesday.

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  2. El Greco is a name that I certainly know, but I have seen very few of his works in person. (I have never been to Spain yet.) I guess I have just gone to the wrong museums.

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  3. I hope you had the chance see the artworks.

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  4. Like Jack, I know the name and I bet I have seen some of his works..quite heavy and religious if I remember rightly.

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  5. I would like to visit this museum!
    Léia

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  6. He looks pretty serious in this portrait.

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  7. He was a great painter. Some suggest that his unique style may have been influenced by astigmatism, perhaps. It doesn't matter. He was still great. Good photo of a fine sign.

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  8. Oh would really like to see this one!

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  9. El Greco, his painting adorns a chapel in the St. John BaHarim Franciscan church in Ein Kerem. It is one of their treasures.

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  10. The El Greco museum was only a space temporarily named after the Greek painter: I have no idea what they were showing there...

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  11. El Greco is so surprisingly modern I think. I'm always amazed when I see his works. Shame there wasn't an exhibition.

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  12. Actually what was this Effetto Venezia event? I also believed it was an exhibition there! AnyhowI like the board used for advertising.

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