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[...]

This richly illustrated book covers 250 years of painting in Spain, opening with art created at the splendid16th-century court of Philip II, before turning to art and patronage in the cities of Toledo, Valencia and Seville. It then returns to Madrid to explore the work at the 17th-century Habsburg c[...]

Originally published in Dutch and translated to Spanish for the fourth centenary celebration of the death of El Greco in 2014, this book is a comprehensive study of the rediscovery of El Greco -- seen as one of the most important events of its kind in art history. The Nationalization of Culture vers[...]

Gut drei Jahrhunderte trennen die Ereignisse dieser beiden Novellen, sie führen nach Spanien und zeigen Menschen in unerträglichen Gewissenskonflikten. Da ist der ehemalige Padre, der als Matrose und Kriegsgefangener in seine einstige Zelle in dem zum Gefangenenlager umfunktionierten Kloster zurü[...]

16th-century modern: The unique El Greco visionTo his contemporaries in late 16th-century Venice, El Greco (1541 1614) was a contrary fellow, an innate artist blessed with extraordinary talent, but stubborn in the pursuit of his own path. Throughout his career, as he progressed from Crete to Venice,[...]

El Greco of Toledo is the catalogue that will accompany the exhibition to be shown at the Museo de Santa Cruz in Toledo, Spain from March to June 2014, to mark the 400th anniversary of El Greco's death. In addition to the works in the exhibition, this catalogue also includes a comprehensive selecti[...]