El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá
El Greco is always defined first and foremost as a religious painter. The question addressed in this paper is the relationship between his secular portraits (El Greco painted some thirty portraits in Toledo) and the depictions of religious figures he made in Toledo. All his models are defined as ill...
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| description | El Greco is always defined first and foremost as a religious painter. The question addressed in this paper is the relationship between his secular portraits (El Greco painted some thirty portraits in Toledo) and the depictions of religious figures he made in Toledo. All his models are defined as illustrious men, whom Domenikos Theotokopoulos glorifies through painting. After defining what portraiture is, which should not be considered within the confines of a genre, we analyse more specifically the way in which the models in his religious “portraits” are visibly in movement, animated by an divine “inspiration”. To this end, we examine in particular the Illescas Saint Ildefonso (1603-1605), which we relate to the Saint Jerome (1610-1614) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portrait of Francisco de Pisa (1610-1614) curated by the Kimbell Art Museum and the Portrait of Cardinal Tavera (c. 1608-1614). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48a45b93318742e9a8ab55063b7ca67f2024-02-13T13:41:36ZspaCivilisations et Littératures d’Espagne et d’Amérique du Moyen Âge aux Lumières (CLEA) - Paris SorbonneE-Spania1951-61694010.4000/e-spania.41824El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más alláCécile Vincent-CassyEl Greco is always defined first and foremost as a religious painter. The question addressed in this paper is the relationship between his secular portraits (El Greco painted some thirty portraits in Toledo) and the depictions of religious figures he made in Toledo. All his models are defined as illustrious men, whom Domenikos Theotokopoulos glorifies through painting. After defining what portraiture is, which should not be considered within the confines of a genre, we analyse more specifically the way in which the models in his religious “portraits” are visibly in movement, animated by an divine “inspiration”. To this end, we examine in particular the Illescas Saint Ildefonso (1603-1605), which we relate to the Saint Jerome (1610-1614) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portrait of Francisco de Pisa (1610-1614) curated by the Kimbell Art Museum and the Portrait of Cardinal Tavera (c. 1608-1614).https://journals.openedition.org/e-spania/41824ToledoEl Grecoportraitsaint IldefonsoIllescassaint Hieronymus |
| spellingShingle | Cécile Vincent-Cassy El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá E-Spania Toledo El Greco portrait saint Ildefonso Illescas saint Hieronymus |
| title | El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá |
| title_full | El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá |
| title_fullStr | El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá |
| title_full_unstemmed | El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá |
| title_short | El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá |
| title_sort | el greco retratos de ilustres varones para el mas alla |
| topic | Toledo El Greco portrait saint Ildefonso Illescas saint Hieronymus |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/e-spania/41824 |
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