- 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...
- NOTE: View of Toledo is one of the first 'pure' landscape paintings in Western art, and one of only two surviving landscapes by El Greco.
- El Greco regarded color as the most important element of paintings. In the View of Toledo, there are four main colors, black, white, green and pain blue.
- El Greco - View of Toledo. ... By darkening the color of the clouds in the areas closest to the city, El Greco highlights the impressive architecture of Toledo...
- 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.
- If a random person off the street saw El Greco’s View of Toledo, I don’t think they would say a contemporary of Michelangelo painted it.
- Ressam : El Greco (1541-1614). Resmin Adi : View of Toledo (1599-1600). Nerede : Metropolitan Müzesi, New York, ABD. Boyutu : 121,3 cm x 108,6 cm.
- This is not a typical landscape, it’s rather expressionistic for it shows the painter’s view of Toledo, a town he lived in most of his life, and not a faithful depiction of...