- El Greco's dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but found appreciation in the 20th century.
- Early Years: Venice and Rome. El Greco was born Domenikos Theotokopoulos on the island of Crete, which was at the time a Venetian possession.
- Important for his early biography, El Greco, still in Crete, painted his Dormition of the Virgin near the end of his Cretan period, probably before 1567.
- El Greco was a foreigner all his life long. He was a foreigner in his own birth land, Crete: the luminous island, the proud torchbearer of fallen Byzanrium...
- El Greco is usually classified as a Spanish artist, although he was born in Candia, Crete. He had one of the most unconventional career paths of any artist of his era.
- Domenikos Theotokopoulos, bir diğer ismiyle El Greco. Onu daha çok heykelleri ile bilsek de kendisini ön plana çıkaran bir başka mahareti de resim üzerine olmuştur.
- El Greco nun eserlerine dostu Gongora nın kavramcılığı ve dönemin mistik atmosferi göz önünde bulundurularak bakmak gerekir.
- Though recognized for his impact on Spanish Renaissance art, El Greco’s style doesn’t clearly belong to any particular school because it is so uniquely expressive.
- El Greco (1541 – 1614). İspanyol Maniyerist Ressam El Greco 1541’de Yunanistan’da Girit’de doğdu. Gençliğine dair fazla bilgi yoktur.
- İspanya Kralı EL Felipe için, Escurial Sarayına resimler yaptıysa da kral bu resimleri beğenmedi ve bir daha El Greco’ya sipariş vermedi.