Ο Δ. Θεοτοκόπουλος μεταξύ Βενετίας και Ρώμης / D. Theotokopoulos between Venice and Rome

The catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same name, which, on the occasion of the "El Greco year", is presented at the Historical Museum of Crete (June-October 2014) and at the Benaki Museum (November 2014-March 2015). Centered on the two paintings by Greco (“View of Mt Sinai and the Monastery of St Catherine" and the “Baptism of Christ”), the focus is on the artist’s Italian period. The paintings, religious icons, engravings and archival documents together with the evidence regarding his contemporaries and his eminent patrons in Venice and Rome which complement the center-pieces, aim at reconstructing the Italian environment of his time, while exploring various aspects which contributed to the evolution of his art during his stay in Italy.