El Greco
Kyriakos Theotokopoulos was trained as a post Byzantine religious icon painter in Crete and was influenced by the Cretian hagiographic school. He eventually abandoned this style. El Greco was a Spanish mannerist painter. In 1566 he went to Venice, Italy, where he remained until 1570 upon his departure for Rome. While in Venice, he was influenced by the paintings of Titan and Tintoretto (masters of the High Renaissance period). While in Rome, El Greco met several Spaniards associated with the church in Toledo, Spain; who enticed him with the prospect of becoming a court painter for Philip II of Spain. In 1576 he left Italy for a sojourn in Malta and arrived in Toledo in the spring of 1577. His dreams were shattered when, after submitting paintings to King Philip II for approval, he was denied a court commission. King Philip II found his work outlandish. El Greco was a prosperous man. He had a large house in Toledo, where he received members of the nobility and intellectual elite. He was a cultured humanist whose knowledge of languages gave him access to mainstream philosophical and literary works, with which his private library was stocked. Domenicos Theotokopoulos died in Toledo, Spain on April 7,
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