View of Toledo (Spanish: Vista de Toledo), is one of the two surviving landscapes painted by El Greco, along with View and Plan of Toledo. View of Toledo is held by the Metropolitan …

For example, a view of Toledo appears in the background of El Greco's altarpiece in the Capilla de San José, Toledo, which was commissioned in 1597. The San José altarpiece shows Saint …

2021年12月31日 · Description of View of Toledo by El Greco. Black, white, blues, and brilliant greens dominate the picture. It is entirely composed of earth tones. The most noticeable color …

In this, his greatest surviving landscape, El Greco portrays the city he lived and worked in for most of his life. The painting belongs to the tradition of emblematic city views, rather than a faithful …

View and Plan of Toledo (Spanish: Vista y plano de Toledo, ca. 1608) is a landscape painting by El Greco. The image is notable for its juxtaposition of the view of Toledo with the trompe l'oeil …

Using typically dark, moody colors, El Greco presented the Spanish city of Toledo at the top of a rolling hill. The city itself takes up only a little space in the center of the painting. The …

Search for the red and yellow markers on this zoomable map to make discoveries all around the Museum! The artist was known as "El Greco," which means "the Greek" in Spanish, but his …

2020年4月15日 · One of only two surviving landscapes by El Greco, View of Toledo is among the best known depictions of the sky in western art. At the time it was painted, it was rare to …

The View of Toledo is one of two landscape paintings by El Greco that featured the Spanish city that he had made his home. The painting, which measures 47.8 by 42.8 inches, is in the …

View of Toledo was centuries ahead of its time, and probably can best be compared to Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night, 1889, which contains many of the same compositional elements (a …