El Greco

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Term Paper Title	El Greco
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     El Greco

     El Greco was born 1541 and died 1614 in Toledo at age 73.  He was
named at birth Domeniko's TheotoKopoulos.  He was Born in Candia, the capital
of the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece.
     Nothing is certain is known of the first twenty five years of El Greco's life,
except that he lived on Crete and became a painter.  It is thought from later
events in his life that El Greco recieved a sound education in  letters.  He came
from a family of middle or upper classes, which could afford to send their children
to school.
     He studied under a master named Titian and Tentonetto.  He was not self
taught.  June 6,  1566 is the first record of El Greco's existence as a painter.  On
this day Maistro Menegos Theotokopoulos signed a sale in a lottery (sale) for one
of his pictures. After this point the next record of El Greco was August 18, 1568 in
Venice.  He had gone to venice to develop his talent as a painter and learn about
Italian art.  He later left Italy or Spain to earn a better sale on paintings.
     El Greco had a Venetian apprentice ship and trained him well in divining
the personalities of his models and had given him a serious approach to his
subjects.
     He was not the madman nor the excessive original that people have
thought him to be.  He was an enthusiastic colorist.  He was fond  of unusual
tones.  He sacrificed everything in his search for effects.  Despite his mistakes, El
Greco canonly be considered as a great painter.  He had an unusual...

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