When Domenikos Theotokopoulos left his native Candia, Crete, then a Venetian possession, to go to Venice, probably in 1567, he had already reached a mature age \u2013 he was 26 \u2013 and was an acclaimed painter in the Byzantine tradition.
\nThe ten years of Domenikos Theotokopoulos\u2019s sojourn in Italy (1567-1577) served as a \u201cschool\u201d in which a Byzantine master was transformed into a Western artist, not only in stylistic respects but mostly from an ideological viewpoint. The Cretan artist\u2019s familiarization with the theory of art of the Renaissance can be corroborated by both the titles of the books he left in his library when he died in Toledo, in 1614, and the wealth of handwritten notes found in three surviving volumes. His bold defence of the autonomy of artist as well as his image of the artist-intellectual both reflect how imbued he was with the ideas of the Italian Renaissance.
\nThe exhibition \u201cEl Greco in Italy and Italian Art\u201d, jointly organized by the National Gallery of Greece and the Domenikos Theotokopoulos Centre, Institute of Mediterranean Studies (IMS), and the conference held concurrently in Rethymnon were an opportunity for specialists and non-specialists to reassess the formative decade of El Greco\u2019s apprenticeship in Italy.
\nThe two events were conceived, organized by the Professor of Art History Nicos Hadjinicolaou, who also acted as scientific advisor. The exhibition featured masterpieces from El Greco\u2019s Italian period, alongside works by artists who had influenced him. The artworks came from museums and collections in Greece, other European countries and the U.S.A.<\/p>\n
Scientific Advisor: Nicos Hadjinicolaou, Professor of Art History
\nExhibition Curators: Angela Tamvaki, Efi Agathonikou, Curators, National Gallery of Greece<\/p>\n
Sponsor: IONIKI BANK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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