Difference between revisions of "El Greco"
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Image:El Greco Magdalena.jpg|St. Mary Magdalen in Penitence | Image:El Greco Magdalena.jpg|St. Mary Magdalen in Penitence | ||
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File:El Greco La Crucifixión, Doña María de Aragón ca.1600.jpg|Crucifixion | File:El Greco La Crucifixión, Doña María de Aragón ca.1600.jpg|Crucifixion | ||
File:El Greco. Portrait of a Nobleman with His Hand on His Chest.jpg|Portrait of a Nobleman with His Hand on His Chest | File:El Greco. Portrait of a Nobleman with His Hand on His Chest.jpg|Portrait of a Nobleman with His Hand on His Chest | ||
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Doménicos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος) known as El Greco (The Greek in Spanish) was born in Crete in 1541, and died in 1614. He was a painter, sculptor, and architect. He settled in Spain and was considered the first great genius of the Spanish School. Some of his paintings are considered the most vivid in the world.