View of Toledo, 1604-14 by El Greco.
El Greco's View of Toledo, almost seems to anticipate the Impressionists of the 1800s. The rich tones of violet, azure, and emerald green do not translate well, here-but they are remarkable for the era.View of Toledo was centuries ahead of its time, and probably can best be compared to Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night, 1889, which contains many of the same compositional elements (a swirling sky, overwhelming nature, a skyline dominated by a church).View of Toledo is one of the earliest landscapes in Western Art; in addition, it is El Greco’s only true landscape and the first in Spanish Art (Legendre 13). It is a romantic, yet stark dramatic view of his beloved city. Toledo was the centre of the secular and ecclesiastical Spanish world.
View of Toledo. (1599). Mannerism. El Greco is one of largest representing mannerism. Although it of Greek origin and was born in Candie in Crete, Spanish painting owes him its world famous. Toledo is a city of the center of Spain, capital of the autonomous community of Castilla - Mancha chief town of province, on left bank of Tage, near Madrid.A scale model; an apocalypse: View of Toledo is both, which is odd, since these modes should be direct opposites. An apocalypse shows the world as an arena for transcendent and tumultuous forces. A.
An Analysis of the View of Toledo by El Greco Introduction The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York displays among its collection of exhibits one of the most profound works by El Greco, the View of Toledo which is a fine specimen of oil on canvas (47 by 42 inches) that was completed in the year of 1597.
