El Greco
Subtitle: identity and transformation : Crete, Italy, Spain
By: edited by José Alvarez Lopera.
Contributors: Alvarez Lopera, José.; Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza.; Palazzo delle esposizioni (Rome, Italy); Ethnikē Pinakothēkē, Mouseion Alexandrou Soutsou.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Skira; Distributed in North America and Latin America by Abbeville Publishing Group; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Madrid]; Milano; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 465
Subjects: Greco, -- 1541?-1614 -- Exhibitions; Greco, -- 1541?-1614 -- Criticism and interpretation
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: Examines the life and work of Domenicos Theotocopoulous, the sixteenth-century artist who created his greatest works in Spain where he was known as "El Greco."
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Feb. 3-May 16, 1999; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, June 2-Sept. 19, 1999; National Gallery-Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Oct. 18, 1999-Jan. 17, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-464).
Table of contents: title: The construction of a painter : a century of searching for and interpreting El Greco / José Alvarez Lopera; title: El Greco invested with nationalist ideologies / Nicos Hadjinicolaou; title: Cretan painting during the XV and XVI centuries : the long path towards Domenikos Theotokopoulos and his early production / Maria Constantoudaki-Kitromilides; title: El Greco in Italy and Italian art / Lionello Puppi; title: 1570-1575 : the situation of painting in Rome / Claudio Strinati; title: El Greco in Spain / José Manuel Pita Andrade; title: El Greco's artistic thought : from the eyes of the soul to the eyes of reason / Fernando Marías; title: The ascent of the mind to God : El Greco's religious imagery and spiritual reform in Spain / David Davies.