EL GRECO

BIRTH

• El greco's real name is Domenikos Theotokopoulos
• He was born in 1541
• Died April 7, 1614
• Born in Crete

EARLY YEARS

• He was trained as a icon painter
• his goal was to master the form of Renaissance painting

WORK

• El Greco vivió y trabajó en Roma de 1570 a 1576
• En 1572, El Greco se unió a la Academia del pintor

HIS ART

• He expressed himself through color
• His art is the product of both his time and his genius

QUOTES

• " I paint because the spirits whisper madly inside my head.”
• " I was created by the all powerful God to fill the universe with my masterpieces.”
• "Art is everywhere you look for it, hail the twinkling stars for they are God's careless splatters.”

WORKS CITED

• http://www.elgreco.net/el-greco-quotes.jsp
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco
• http://www.biography.com/people/el-greco-9319123