El Greco’s View and Plan of Toledo (c1610-14) is interesting because it encompasses both a map and a landscape. The landscape of the city is accurate and reflects the details on the map held up by the young man. However, as the painted view does not have the burden of carrying all the topographical information it can also give an artistic impression of the city, spread out over the rocky slopes under a dramatic sky. And yet this view remains constrained by the real layout of
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2 comments:
Hi,
Nice Blog, got to agree about The Wall Dymchurch and View of Toledo. Two of my favourites. I live near to the wall at Dymchurch and I'm a big fan of Nash.
If you go to Toledo you can more or less stand where the painting was made.
Cheers
Andrew
hello, the views of Toledo look pretty much the same today, especially as you come to the city by train, the track goes across the plain at the foot of the hill and as you look up it looks just like the El Greco views. inside the city it can be hectic with tacky tourism but from outside, very magical.
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