El Greco
1541–1614 · Renaissance (15–16th c.) · Spain · Mannerism
How to recognize El Greco
El Greco's elongated, ghostly figures twist in impossible spirals. Colours are cold and unearthly — acid yellows, steel blues, silver greys — with eerie, non-natural light and a mystical, hallucinatory fervour.
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