El Greco: Forty Eight Illustrations (Classic Reprint)
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El Greco: Forty Eight Illustrations (Classic Reprint) Details
Translated by Royall Tyler, Editor of the Spanish Calendars of State Papers Public Record Office, London THE illustrations that accompany this text are not chosen from the whole of El Greco swork. (1) For the greater convenience of travellers in Spain the painters chief works here reproduced are still to be found in the various Museums of the country, in the churches and public institutions (2), vhere the greed of dealers and owners, seconded by the peoples difference concerning its artistic patrimony, has not yet attacked hem. El Greco sname, Domenicos Theotocopoiilos was transformed in Italy and Spain into Domenico and Dominico Theotocopuli. He signed thus on legal documents, and in both forms on his pictures, but in Greek. A o(jn VtXO 0OXO x6tcoI)X oc;. Occasionally he used abbreviations. His contemporaries called him invariably Dominico Greco, and el Griego. He was a Cretan. He added the adjective on some of his pictures: XpyjS? Cretan. His contemporary, Paravicino, affirms on several occasions: Crete gave him the light of day, and Toledo his skill with I the brush. (C reta le did la vida ylos pinceles Toledo). (1) See El Greco, by M. B. Cossio. With 193 illustrations. Madrid. V. Sudrez, 1908. (2) Exception is made of the Niuseum and Casa del Greco, to which special volumes in this collection have already been devoted.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.
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