3. Life of Artist
• El Greco was of Greek descent
• He signed paintings with
Doménikos Theotokópoulos, his Greek
name.
• His name, El Greco, means “The Greek”.
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5. Where Artist Studied
• El Greco entered the studio of Titan.
• Titan was the greatest painter of the day.
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6. Style
• El Greco brought figures to the foreground
• He achieved new colors.
• He sometimes used the contrapposto style
when portraying people.
• Later in life El Greco became more abstract.
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7. Examples of Work
• The Burial of the Count de Orgaz (1586–88) is
considered to be his masterpiece.
• The Adoration of the Shepherds was a work of
El Greco done later in life.
• It was abstract.
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