- 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 of Toledo, c.1599 - El Greco - WikiArt.org.
- Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni.
- 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...
- 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” 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...
- La Vista di Toledo di El Greco, precursore dell'espressionismo, del 1595/1610. ... ''View of Toledo'' by El Greco a famous painting in Mannierism style.
- 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.
- This is one of the two views of the city of Toledo painted by the artist (the other, “View and Map of Toledo” at the Museum of El Greco, does not include a...
- 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...
- There are two surviving landscapes by El Greco: The View of Toledo (Metropolitan Museum, New York) and the View and Plan of Toledo (Museo de El...
- This liberty of representation shows that accuracy was not El Greco's intention and supports the notion that View of Toledo is more so a representation of his...
- 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...
