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El Greco Altarpieces Reunited For First Time in 200 Years
Nine monumental paintings by El Greco once decorated monastery walls in Toledo, Spain, where the Greek-born artist spent most ...
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Rick Steves’ Europe: Toledo: Spain’s historic, artistic and spiritual center
Toledo's Santa Cruz Museum holds a superb collection of El Greco paintings, including the impressive altarpiece Assumption of Mary. Finished one year before El Greco's death, it’s the ...
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El Greco’s Iconic Altarpieces Are Reunited For the First Time in Nearly 200 Years
In The Assumption, the Virgin Mary ascends to heaven on a crescent ... that visually connects above it. For it, El Greco used works by Michelangelo and Albrecht Durer as references.