Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Burial of Count Orgaz

This painting was done by EL GRECO, in the High renaissance and mannerism era. It is an oil on canvas painting from sanzo Tomé Toledo. This picture is interesting to me because it seems like a dark and gory painting, it seems very chaotic and suggests that a lot of unhappy scenes are unfolding in this painting. It is interesting to me how a part of the painting is up, while some parts of it are down. I can help but to wonder if this should be taken literally, suggesting that the people that are up are in the heavens, and are looking down on the people below. I find this extremely interesting and creepy.

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