Dominikos Theotokoulos, named in art El Greco is birth in Candia  1541 year, comes known as Greek painter and architect living between Italy and Spain. Crete, his isle by origin in that epoch doing part from Republic of Venice , a center more important of pictorial post-byzantine  movement following the course from  artistic byzantine tradition. The father Gèorgios Thetokopoulos is been a merchandise “tax collector” entered between the riches family of city. He begin the artistic study as paintre by religious image from Crete’s schools, development the principal nucleus of post byzantine art. More later he confronts directly with the atelier famous by Tiziano, Bassano, Tintoretto and Veronese afterwards opens  his atelier to Rome where he painted a series of operas. During the development of work in Italy he modifies his style riches him with the elements convolved of mannerism and Venetian’s renaissance, inspired allover by Tintoretto in sense of movement and from drama and illumination. After he comes influenced by Tiziano from uses of color. To Toledo there are attribute him the important commissions and realize some of works him more important and known. 

The style, his image between the art?

The style is dramatic and wide of expression. Of his contemporaneous is been looking with more perplexity , in same times is been much appreciated and reevaluated into course of XX century. His operas are front of inspiration for poets , writers as Rainer, Maria Rilke, Nikos Kazantzakis. 

As artist?

Quite singular and difficult in quadrable for the traditional painter’s schools. He is famous for the his human figure sinuously elongated , for the original colors and imaginative , his painting comes looking as a meeting between the byzantine art and the occidental painting.  

Giulio Clovio( miniaturist) descrives El Greco” a talent rare in art of painting”.

The study complementary 

He study classic tests from antic Greek to that Latino, leaving 130 personal tests between the Bible in Greek and the copy commented “ The life the much excellent painters, sculptures and architects” by Vasari.

The artistic period ?

To Rome he has accepted as guest to Farnese Palace of cardinal Alessandro Farnese that having him transformed in artistic center and intellectual of city. A center of meets for intellectual roman elite between the erudite Fulvio Orsini, collationer of paintings ( Venduta del Monte Sinai, portrait of Clovio). His style comes modified , invented the new interpretations and unsoiled of traditional religious subjects.  

The influence in style 

The Venetians  painters influences with the compositions of varies figure , the scenarios wide of life , the rose light backgrounds little elaborated. Of Picasso in tonality more colds, the anatomy of figures are ascetic. A style bound to expressionists in expressive distortions, notated as abstract expressionism. 

The works?

He realizes the portraits by Michelangelo, Tiziano, Clovio and Raffaello” La purificazione del tempio”. El Greco is an artist that having promoted in varies kinds a reevaluation of studies by Michelangelo. 

“ La Dormizione della Vergine, L’ Assunzione della Vergine, Spoliazione di Cristo, Il martirio di San Maurizio, Sepoltura del conte di Orgaz, l’uno dei più celebri dipinti, Trittico, di Modena, Guarigione del cieco nato, Ultima cena, Adorazione dei pastori, Ritratto di cardinale, Veduta di Toledo…

As architect?

” Chiesa e monastero di Santo Domingonel Antiguo”

His rule in architecture is the liberty of invent , the novity , the variety and the complexity. From his painting embed the architecture. Pacheco defined him” write by the painting, sculpture and architecture”.

The critic and approves 

Of successive generations his work is under much aspects oppose to principles of the first style baroque. After later the Spanish critics begin to praised his ability , criticized his antinaturalistic style and the iconography complexity. Palomino and Bermudez define him “ bizarre , original , eccentric, extravagant” Gautier said “ the romantic ideal talented , full heroes “. 

His merit?

He enters as the precursor of  European romantic movement into research of oddity and the extreme. From his paintre begin the modern style. There are observed  the great brands of pure colors not mixed. He make part from corporation by San Lucca for the sales of works and for the assumption of the  students in ateliers. Between the members more illustrious from corporations make part: Johannes, Vermeer, Rubens, Frans Hals, Jacopn Jordans, Rembrandt, Antoon van Dyck, Pieter Brueghel.

He die to Toledo of 7 April 1614 , comes buried into the church by San Domenico of Angera. 

El Greco is known for the ability , facility and ease in painting. He is innovative, expressionist and realist paintre. He respects the colors, the imagine and the grace. Becomes famous for the humane figure , sinuously  elongated and for the original and imaginaries colors. Remain Greek  Ortodosse , but is looking as a good catholic. He units the byzantine art with the occidental paintre. His pictorial origins remaining Cretans. He the Greek paintre of origin and the art  passing the occident between Roma and Spain , where comes influenced of Venice style , cover of religious scenes.