Publications by tag: icons

El Greco was born in Crete as Domenikos Theotokopoulos. He became one of the most famous Spaniards, died more than 400 years ago on 7 April 1614. However his life and work history cannot end on this date. The trick is that the best period in the life of the artist who died four centuries ago was the last 120 years.

From ancient times icon painting served as a "language for the illiterates" – a special language with its own rules and symbols. For centuries, icon painting masters perfected their skills trying to convey spiritual otherness by material means. That is why icon painting is still considered the most difficult and rare art, a combination of the human possibilities and the divine principle.