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- One of only two surviving landscapes by El Greco, View of Toledo is among the best known depictions of the sky in western art.
- 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”.
- 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.
- 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 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- In fact, El Greco painted a number of pictures of Toledo, but this is the one that is best known, presumably for its powerful dramatic skies.
- The View of Toledo. SCENIC PROJECT - Placement in Scenic Art Department, Royal Opera House. original by El Greco. supervised by Emma Turner.
- 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...
- El Greco The Complete Works. El Greco - The Last Supper c. 1568. El Greco - View and Plan of Toledo c. 1610. El Greco - St. Francis Venerating the Crucifix.
- Another notable work by El Greco is “View and Plan of Toledo,” which juxtaposes the view of Toledo with a trompe l’oeil map of the city’s streets.
- El Greco: View and Plan of Toledo (1608) Museum of El Greco, Toledo. Where did El Greco live while in Toledo?
