View of Toledo — El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)ca. 1599–1600
Also by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
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Christ Healing the BlindEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)ca. 1570Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYThe Adoration of the ShepherdsEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)ca. 1605–10Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYThe Vision of Saint JohnEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)ca. 1608–14Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
For one thing, the idea goes back behind Michelangelo to Signorelli, and in his case, at least, one can see no trace of any preoccupation with those psychological states, but rather a pure passion for a particular kind of rhythmic design. Moreover, the general principle of the continued enlargement of the unit of design was bound to occur the moment artists recovered from the debauch of naturalism of the fifteenth century and became conscious again of the demands of abstract design. In trying thus to place El Greco’s art in …
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Made in the sixteenth century, like View of Toledo.