My first response to the work of El Greco's View of Toledo, Spain 1597-1599, made me think of medieval times where I had such a great visual picture of a row of knights riding on horses up a mountain to a castle where they will be in some type of battle to conquer and take over the land.
The most breath taking part is the darkness that covers the canvas almost like an evil spirit lurking from above. The wind appears as if it where whipping across the plain hitting you squarely in the face as you look across the river and towards the mysterious city above. The dark clouds and the dreary sky lets me visualize that the Gods from above are in such a rage and is causing the sky such a turmoil.
The unique landscape is not just a View of Toledo, neither is it Toledo at night or
The Title View of Toledo expresses El Greco's own observation of his beloved city. His brush strokes could be compare to Van Gogh's Starry Night, which consist to be a very expressive style, alteration of volume and space and the twisting of the figures giving a harmonious unity to the composition.
In conclusion to my opinion this beautiful masterpiece done by El Greco gives me the privilege of my own thoughts and opinions what the artist was trying to portray. This painting also allows me to open up a whole new side of me, which I never realized existed such as my creativity and imagination.
Toledo in a storm, but Toledo given a universal meaning a spiritual portrait of the town. The surroundings of the painting would most likely be seen at a bourgeois house. The
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