El Greco’s Defense of Byzantine Art: Notes on a Paradox
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https://doi.org/10.3989/aearte.2008.v81.i323.117Keywords:
Domenicos Theotokopoulos / el Greco, Giorgio Vasari, Byzantine art, Art criticism, 16th Century, Ancients and ModernsAbstract
In the margin of his copy of Vasari’s Vite (1568), there is a curious hand-written note by Domenicos Theotokopoulos, in which the Cretan artist, reacting to Vasari’s contemptuous critique, praises Byzantine art. How can we explain such a note, stemming from the pen of an artist who turned his back on Byzantine painting after his arrival in Italy?
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