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El Greco: see Greco, El Greco, El (ĕl grĕk`ō), c.1541–1614, Greek painter in Spain, b. Candia (Iráklion), Crete. ..... Click the link for more information. . El Greco real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos. 1541--1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete; noted for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Correctness is all very well: El Greco made his people eight feet high because he wanted to express something he couldn't get any other way. I suppose Velasquez was a better painter than El Greco, but custom stales one's admiration for him: the Cretan, sensual and tragic, proffers the mystery of his soul like a standing sacrifice. Her weather-tanned complexion, already affected by her confined life, took on an extraordinary clayey aspect which reminded me of a strange head painted by El Greco which my friend Prax had hung on one of his walls and used to rail at; yet not without a certain respect. |
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