• 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.
  • View of Toledo (original title Vista de Toledo), is one of the two surviving landscapes painted by El Greco, along with View and Plan of Toledo.
  • View and Plan of Toledo is a work of El Greco, made in 1608 during his last period.
  • Some art historians were so disturbed by this that they speculated that because El Greco frequently featured views of Toledo in the backdrops of his artwork and...
  • View of Toledo” is an oil on canvas painting by the Greek artist, El Greco. It was made circa 1599 to 1600 when El Greco was about 58 to 59 years old and firmly...
  • Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni.
  • El Greco’s View of Toledo does not do that. Although the large church is placed in the correct place in the city, El Greco changed the locations of several other...
  • Some historians claim, even though this can’t be confirmed, that View of Toledo by El Greco was the first landscape painting that was created after the Council...
  • A dizzying look down at the Spanish city of Toledo, the horizon slopes away towards a young man who holds a bird’s eye map of the city.
  • For example, a view of Toledo appears in the background of El Greco's altarpiece in the Capilla de San José, Toledo, which was commissioned in 1597.
  • SCENIC PROJECT - Placement in Scenic Art Department, Royal Opera House. original by El Greco.
  • In conclusion, View of Toledo is not just a painting; it’s a journey into the mind of El Greco, a visionary artist who defied artistic norms to create a work that...
  • 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”.