I hold the imitation of color to be the greatest difficulty of art.
El color es más importante que el dibujo.
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El Greco
Born in Crete in 1541, El Greco developed an intensely personal Mannerist style of elongated figures and ecstatic color in Toledo, Spain. The Burial of the Count of Orgaz fuses earthly and celestial realms.
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