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EL Greco ( Domènikos Theotokòpoulos )

EL Greco ( Domènikos Theotokòpoulos ). By Sarah Brown. Growing up. came from an urban family El Greco was claimed to be Greek Orthodox El Greco’s family probably been driven out of   Fodele or Candia  to Candia after an uprising against the Venetians between 1526 and 1528

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EL Greco ( Domènikos Theotokòpoulos )

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  1. EL Greco(DomènikosTheotokòpoulos) By Sarah Brown

  2. Growing up came from an urban family El Greco was claimed to be Greek Orthodox El Greco’s family probably been driven out of  Fodele or Candia to Candia after an uprising against the Venetians between 1526 and 1528 Greco's father(GeórgiosTheotokópoulos)was a merchant and tax collector Nothing is know about Greco mother or first wife.

  3. Education El Greco received his initial training as an icon painter of theCretan school. In addition to painting, he probably studied the classics of ancient Greece, and perhaps the Latinclassics.

  4. Opening of the Fifth Seal This painting was made for a side altar of the church of Saint John the Baptistoutside the walls of Toledo. Originally El Greco's painting was referred to as ProfaneLove. He had doubts about the title and changed it to the Opening of the Fifth Seal. TheMetropolitan Museum, where the painting is kept.

  5. El Greco's Death  El Greco died on April 7 1614

  6. Citiationshttp://www.biography.com/people/el-greco-9319123http://www.nndb.com/people/687/000084435/http://www.wga.hu/tours/spain/greco1.htmlCitiationshttp://www.biography.com/people/el-greco-9319123http://www.nndb.com/people/687/000084435/http://www.wga.hu/tours/spain/greco1.html

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