#elgreco

“Moonlit Night”, (1864),

El Greco :: Boy Blowing an Ember

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"Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood."

St. Sebastian, 1600, El Greco

Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), The Barnes Foundation

Barnes Foundation (Philadelphia), Collection Gallery, Room 02, East Wall Medium: Oil on canvas

The Vision of Saint John, El Greco, ca. 1608–14, European Paintings

Rogers Fund, 1956 Size: 87 1/2 x 76 in. (222.3 x 193 cm); with added strips 88 1/2 x 78 1/2 in. (224.8 x 199.4 cm) [top truncated] Medium: Oil on canvas

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, El Greco, c. 1570, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Paintings

Religion: NT. Purification of the temple. Christ driving the money-changers from the temple with a whip. Christ’s expulsion of the money changers who were desecrating the temple in Jerusalem was a favorite theme in Counter-Reformation art. To Catholics, it symbolized purification of the church through internal reforms and the expulsion of Protestant heretics. Known for his uniquely Mannerist style, El Greco used jarring lines, confused space, and illogical lighting in this composition, contributing to the atmosphere of anger and disruption. In 1577 El Greco settled permanently in Spain. A native of Crete, he became known as “El Greco” (the Greek), but here his full signature appears in Greek letters on the step below Christ. In the lower-right corner, El Greco portrayed the four artists he regarded as the giants of the Renaissance: Titian, Michelangelo, Giulio Clovio (a miniaturist and manuscript illuminator), and Raphael. Size: 46 x 59 in. (116.84 x 149.86 cm) (canvas) 45 1/2 x 58 in. (115.57 x 147.32 cm) (sight) 60 x 72 1/2 x 3 in. (152.4 x 184.15 x 7.62 cm) (outer frame) Medium: Oil on canvas