El Greco

Ambition and Defiance

Rebecca J Long, Keith Christiansen, Richard L Kagan , Guillaume Kientz

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Yale University Press
17 March 2020

The Arts: General & Reference

A visually stunning examination of El Greco’s work that considers the artist’s constant reinvention and professional drive

Renowned for a singular artistic vision, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco (1541–1614), developed his distinctive painting style as he assiduously pursued professional success. This fresh and engaging survey of El Greco’s work explores varied aspects of the artist’s career—his aesthetic education in Italy, the mixed reception of his mature works in Spain, his uncompromising approach to business, and the baroque logistics of his Toledo workshop—and reveals the depth of El Greco’s astounding ambition. The impressive volume focuses in particular on his 1577–79 altarpiece paintings for the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo—among them the magnificent Assumption of the Virgin—which heralded the artist’s arrival in Spain after productive periods of formation and re-formation in Crete, Venice, and Rome. Lavishly illustrated and clothbound with gilded edges, this publication features reproductions and scholarly discussions of more than 60 works ranging from large-scale canvases to intimate panels, with essays that elucidate the motives and meanings behind the artist’s constantly changing and inventive approach.

Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago

Exhibition Schedule:

Réunion des musées nationaux–Grand Palais, Paris

(October 14, 2019–February 10, 2020)

The Art Institute of Chicago

(Spring–Fall 2020)

Contributions by: Keith Christiansen, Richard L Kagan, Guillaume Kientz, Felipe Pereda
Edited by: Rebecca J Long
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 330mm, Width: 229mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 1.559kg
ISBN: 9780300250824
ISBN 10: 0300250827
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 17 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rebecca J. Long is Patrick G. and Shirley Ryan Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture before 1750 at the Art Institute of Chicago.