Greco El

Domnikos Theotokpoulos (1541-1640) most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a famous Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. They show no effect of his Byzantine heritage except possibly in the faces of old menfor example, in the Christ Healing the Blind. The placing of figures in deep space and the emphasis on an architectural setting in High Renaissance style are particularly significant in his early pictures, such as Christ Cleansing the Temple. Periods: Mannerism, Spanish Renaissance, Renaissance