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this essay is about a biography of a popular greek artist and scientist
Title: this essay is about a biography of a popular greek artist and scientist
Category: Science & Technology
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this essay is about a biography of a popular greek artist and scientist
El Greco El Greco, meaning "The Greek", was born in Candia, now Crete, in 1541 and was named Domenikos Theotokopoulos. Details of his early life were not 100% accurate, but he probably studied painting in his native city.
About 1566, he went to Venice, where he stayed until 1570. Here, Tintoretto inspired him. He showed this by the use of his assimilation of Titianesque color and of Tintoretto's figural compositions and use of deep spatial recesses in the painting …showed first 75 words of 259 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 259 total…his greatest masterpieces, The Burial of Count Orgaz, for the Church of Santo Tomé in Toledo. Here, in Toledo, he had a large house and he painted a picture of Toledo itself.
El Greco died in Toledo on April 7, 1614, and he was buried there in Santo Domingo el Antiguo. El Greco was a very creative, brilliant, and respected man and his work can be seen in museums everywhere, not just in the United States.
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