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Art and the Religious Image in El Greco s Italy is the first book length examination of the early career of one of the early modern period s most notoriously misunderstood figures Born around 1541 Domenikos Theotokopoulos began his career as an icon painter on the island of Crete He is best known under the name El Greco for the works he created while in Spain paintings that have provoked both rapt admiration and scornful disapproval since his death in 1614 But the nearly ten years he spent in Venice and Rome from 1567 to 1576 have remained underexplored until now Andrew Casper s examination of this period allows us to gain a proper understanding of El Greco s entire career and reveals much about the tumultuous environment for religious painting after the Council of Trent Art and the Religious Image in El Greco s Italy is a new book in the Art History Publication Initiative AHPI a collaborative grant from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation Thanks to the AHPI grant this book will be available in popular e book formats Art and the Religious Image in El Greco s ItalyNow that s an interesting title Everyone knows El Greco and his very important work as a painter sculptor and even as an architect along with his tumultuous relationship with religion and the Church The Spanish Renaissance wouldn t be the same without him But what do we know of his time in Italy Domenikos Theotokopoulos lived there for almost a decade and that s the place were he extended his skills and personality He transformed himself from a post Byzantine iconographer to a modern painter with a very unique set of skills He gained many friends due to his talent affinity for philosophy and straightforwardness but also he made many enemies because of his personality and radical artistic views. Kindle art and the religious image in el greco’s italian literature Through his paintings he established a new way of seeing religious themes in art and he introduced aesthetic elements that are discussed even today like his elongated figures and the blinding contrast of light and shadow Heavily influenced himself from Counter Reformation and artistically from Mannerism he developed his own meticulous and very well rounded style THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BOOK The author Andrew R Casper did an excellent job The image quality is stunning The writing is a bit tedious at points but mostly informative and fairly interesting Hardcover