Renaissance paintings often involve spiritual, religious, or mythological subject matter. In paintings portraying women, they are commonly found lying in a pudica gesture: where the women are completely nude, yet covering themselves in a subtle manner. In addition, painters' techniques involve high concentrations of chiaroscuro, where there are intense highlights and shadows in a soft combination.
El Greco was not a Renaissance painter. He is an example of Mannerism, which came after the Renaissance and opposed most of what the Renaissance painters had stood for.
El Greco
Elongated and distorted bodies
El Greco was born in crete, a small island in the Mediterranean belonging to Greece. Therefore, by birth El Greco is Greek, and not Spanish. In fact, his nickname "El Greco" means "The Greek" in Spanish. He also signed many of his works with his full Greek name. There is of course, a popular misconception that El Greco is a Spanish painter because many of his most famous works were completed while he lived in Spain, and because he is known today by his Spanish nickname.
Blue Period, Rose Period and El Hombre y Nino y Mujer.
He was not married. His housekeeper was the mother of his son.
El Greco's painting style placed an emphasis imagination. He was uninterested in classicist standards such as proportion, and focused more so on simple intuition.
El Greco was not a Renaissance painter. He is an example of Mannerism, which came after the Renaissance and opposed most of what the Renaissance painters had stood for.
Only that Philip II did not want El Greco's paintings.
Elongated figures
The Spanish painter "El Mudo" is known for many of his paintings. Some of his most famous paintings include "Nativity," "Baptism of Christ," and "Abraham Receiving the Three Angels."
El Greco
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz and El espolio (The Disrobing of Christ).
El Espolio, the Burial of count Orgaz, St Peter's Tears, Toledo, Annunciation.
Elongated and distorted bodies
elongated and distorted bodies
El Greco was born in crete, a small island in the Mediterranean belonging to Greece. Therefore, by birth El Greco is Greek, and not Spanish. In fact, his nickname "El Greco" means "The Greek" in Spanish. He also signed many of his works with his full Greek name. There is of course, a popular misconception that El Greco is a Spanish painter because many of his most famous works were completed while he lived in Spain, and because he is known today by his Spanish nickname.