Which of the following best represents El Greco’s style based on the painting below? a. a combination of iconic Byzantine style
and colorful paintings of colorful scenic compositions of Italian painters b. a combination of colorful Italian style with the detail of art from the Netherlands c. a combination of Netherlands subject matter and Byzantine style
The correct answer is A. El Greco's painting style was a combination of iconic Byzantine style and colorful paintings of colorful scenic compositions of Italian painters.
Explanation:
El Greco was a painter born in Crete and later influenced by Spain, one of the most famous painters of Mannerism. His portraits and religious works are characterized by strong light contrasts and elongated characters.
El Greco became one of the first colorists in European art. He began to use increasingly clear contrasts of light, shadow, and color. El Greco also began to lengthen his figures, which increased their spiritual strength and created a restless atmosphere in the paintings. His colors, especially the bright blue and yellow ones, were not organic. Alongside the colors, the rejection of a clear space description added to the mysterious spiritual feel of his works.
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It was the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel under the sponsorship
of Pope Julius II. Among the frescoes that he painted on the ceiling included
nine stories from the Book of Genesis, the emergence of Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden, the Great Flood and Last Judgment.
