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El Greco @ Toledo Spain
Art around the world—live with Luca!
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Toledo via Zoom
About the event
Zoom Course
El Greco @ Toledo Spain
Art around the world—live with Luca!
Date: Minimum 5 Friends - Choose the date, then CONTACT US to schedule
Time: TBD
Expert: Luca Pietrosanti, Art Historian & Expert Guide
Fees: $25/session
Doing Good: 10% of net proceeds to Muri Sicuri
Itinerary
Join Luca to travel the world virtually, to explore art, history, and what’s happening today.
Luca continues Art Around the World in Toledo, Spain, where we explore the world of Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known by all as El Greco.
“Art is everywhere you look for it, hail the twinkling stars for they are God's careless splatters.” — El Greco
El Greco, like Vermeer and Botticelli, was rescued from obscurity by an avid group of nineteenth-century collectors, critics, and artists and became one of the select members of the modern pantheon of great painters. For Picasso, as for so many later admirers, El Greco was both the quintessential Spaniard and a proto-modern—a painter of the spirit who “felt the mystical inner construction” of life. Per Franz Marc and the members of the Blue Rider school, he was someone whose art stood as a rejection of the materialist culture of modern life. (Source: Keith Christiansen, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
El Greco was born in Crete, traveled to Venice and to Rome, eventually settling in Toledo, Spain.
Why did the city of Toledo inspire El Greco to paint, build and live his entire life there? His paintings still remaining in the churches and museums of Toledo, including The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, as well as the influential The View of Toledo and Luca’s masterful guidance will help us understand why. Let’s explore!
Resources
Books
Websites & Videos
- El Greco Timeline
- El Greco Foundation
- Smart History: El Greco View of Toledo
- Perspective Documentary: El Greco
Churches & Museums
- Iglesia de Santo Tomé, Toledo - Home to El Greco masterpieces (turn on Translation)
- Museum del Greco, Toledo
Image by wikicommons.org
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Tickets
+With Friends 1 Session
Ticket for 1 Session
$25.00+$0.63 service fee+WF Crew Member
+WF Crew Only
$0.00+WF 3-Session Course (Package)
Ticket for 3-Session Course. This is a convenient way to join +With Friends Zoom tours. Make one purchase and receive Zoom links for 3 sessions automatically, each in advance of the session.
$75.00+$1.88 service fee
Total
$0.00