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- When the artist El Greco captured this view of the Spanish city of Toledo, he painted one of the earliest landscape works in modern Western art.
- One of only two surviving landscapes by El Greco, View of Toledo is among the best known depictions of the sky in western art.
- The city of Toledo is at the very top of the hill in View of Toledo. Art historian, Walter Liedtke, speculates that El Greco wanted to emphasize the greatness of...
El Greco View of Toledo
- “View of Toledo”. The amazing art of El Greco… “View of Toledo” is an oil on canvas painting by the Greek artist, El Greco.
- We see the same skyscape in other more apparently religious works by El Greco such as “the view and plan of Toledo” and “Christ on the Cross”.
- 2.3 Interpretations of El Greco’s Toledo Painting
- 2.5 Description of View of Toledo by El Greco
- 2.6 The Uniqueness of Landscapes in El Greco’s Era
- A chapel for Eleonora di Toledo, Duchess of Florence. Giambologna, Abduction of a Sabine Woman. ... El Greco. Burial of the Count Orgaz. View of Toledo.
- Stormy skies found on many images of saints, painted by the artist. “View of Toledo” is the only remaining “pure” landscapes of El Greco.
- View of Toledo was centuries ahead of its time, and probably can best be compared to Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night, 1889 ... View from Toledo by El Greco.
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- 1. It’s still unsure when View of Toledo was painted
- 2. It’s the smallest of El Greco’s two surviving landscapes
- El Greco completed View of Toledo around 1598-99 and it is found today in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, USA.
- There are two surviving landscapes by El Greco: The View of Toledo (Metropolitan Museum, New York) and the View and Plan of Toledo (Museo de El...
