Curated OER
Birthday Baroque
Students draw self-portraits and birthday announcements on classroom windows. They explore the portrait painting styles of famous artists such as El Greco, Rubens, and Rembrandt. They write write in large, backward block lettering words...
Curated OER
Mind Your Mannerists-Understanding the Art of El Greco
Kids become mini-experts on the Mannerist movement and the art of El Greco. They identify common elements of El Greco paintings and compare them to a work by Thomas Hart Benton. They use four ways to examine art taken from the book,...
Curated OER
Mannerism (1520-1600)
Young artists are immersed into the tranformative world of Manneristic Art and Architecture during the Renaissance in this vivid presentation. Providing not only clear and concise charactertistics of Mannerism but examples of many...
Curated OER
El Greco: Drawing Tall People
Students create a masterpiece. In this drawing activity students use a magazine picture to make a very tall person. The students cut the picture to stretch it out.
New York Times
New York Times: Multimedia Slideshow: El Greco
Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the "New York Times," narrates a slideshow of the work of the enigmatic El Greco, touching on El Greco's artistic influences, his sense of himself as an artist, and other interesting insights.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: El Greco
Detailed biography of El Greco with links to some of his famous paintings.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 3: La Diversion
In this third unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about Spanish art. They investigate El Greco and use a whiteboard tool to create a painting in El Greco's style. They present and research information about other...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collections: Spanish Paintings
Explore fifteenth- to twentieth-century Spanish paintings, including major works by Zurbaran, Goya, Velazquez, and Picasso. Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Mannerism
Artlex.com defines and describes mannerism in European art between 1520 and 1600 with examples by Michelangelo, El Greco, and others. Features links to related artists, concepts, terms, and examples.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: El Greco
View a representative work by El Greco, with contextual notes and analysis.
Other
Spainarts: Ribera, Jose De
This site is provided for by Spainarts. Paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Paintings Between 1581 and 1585 by El Greco
This resource provides images of paintings between 1581 and 1585 by El Greco. The images can be enlarged. It includes a link to a biography on El Greco.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: El Greco (1541 1614)
This presentation provides a biography of El Greco that stretches from his early work in Venice through his work in Spain and beyond.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: El Greco
Information about the artist El Greco, who lived most of his life in Spain. Includes examples of his work.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Examples of Landscapes by Artists Born Before 1700
This website has great examples of landscapes done by artists born before 1700 by artists of a variety of nationalities and art movements. Includes art ranging in date from as early as the 3rd millenium B.C. to 1701. Each image has a...
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Domenikos Theotokopoulos El Greco
Bibliography of the Spanish painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos El Greco.
Other
Museum of El Prado: The Burial of Count Orgaz
The Museum of El Prado offers a picture of the El Greco's most famous painting "The Burial of Count Orgaz" accompanied by a brief background description of the painting.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of a Cardinal
This site from the Web Gallery of Art contains information about El Greco's painting "Portrait of a Cardinal." Also includes a copy of the painting and a link to the artist's biography.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of Giulio Clovio
This site from the Web Gallery of Art contains information about El Greco's painting "Portrait of Giulio Clovio." Also includes a copy of the painting.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: El Greco
This site contains a brief, but fairly detailed summary on the life of El Greco. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.
Study Languages
Study Spanish: El Greco
This site has an explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about El Greco. Additional links are provided for more information on Spanish art. Great reading selection for beginning and intermediate Spanish...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: "View of Toledo" by El Greco
Captioned reproduction of El Greco's landscape View of Toledo.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: El Greco
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about El Greco.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: El Greco
Biographical account highlights the life and career of Greek painter El Greco who painted in the mannerism style.