• One of only two surviving landscapes by El Greco, View of Toledo is among the best known depictions of the sky in western art.
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • 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
  • The View of Toledo. SCENIC PROJECT - Placement in Scenic Art Department, Royal Opera House. original by El Greco. supervised by Emma Turner.
  • 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.
  • View of Toledo”. The amazing art of El Greco… “View of Toledo” is an oil on canvas painting by the Greek artist, El Greco.
  • 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.
  • View and plan of Toledo by El Greco Of special note is the landscape from the El Greco House Museum “View and plan of Toledo”, the last significant work of the...
  • 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.
  • The view of the eastern section of Toledo from the north would have excluded the cathedral, which the artist therefore imaginatively moved to the le...
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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