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Greco

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Grec·o  (grk), El Originally Doménikos Theotokópoulos. 1541-1614.
Greek-born Spanish painter of religious works, such as Christ Stripped of His Garments (1579) and Assumption (1577), characterized by elongated human figures, contrasting colors, and deep shadows.
Greco [ˈgrɛkəʊ]
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(Biographies) El. See El Greco
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Noun1.GrecoGreco - Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)
Domenikos Theotocopoulos, El Greco


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Correctness is all very well: El Greco made his people eight feet high because he wanted to express something he couldn't get any other way.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
I suppose Velasquez was a better painter than El Greco, but custom stales one's admiration for him: the Cretan, sensual and tragic, proffers the mystery of his soul like a standing sacrifice.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Her weather-tanned complexion, already affected by her confined life, took on an extraordinary clayey aspect which reminded me of a strange head painted by El Greco which my friend Prax had hung on one of his walls and used to rail at; yet not without a certain respect.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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