Definition of Greco

1. Noun. Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614).

Exact synonyms: Domenikos Theotocopoulos, El Greco
Generic synonyms: Old Master

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greco

Greater Hebrides
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Greater New Orleans Bridge
Greater New York
Greater Poland
Greater Sunda Islands
Grecian
Grecian knot
Grecian knots
Grecianness
Grecians
Grecism
Grecisms
Grecized
Greco (current term)
Greco-
Greco-Buddhism
Greco-Roman
Greco-Roman architecture
Greco-Roman deity
Grecogenous
Grecophone
Grecophones
Greece
Greek Catholic
Greek Christian Scriptures
Greek Church
Greek Orthodox

Literary usage of Greco

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of Spanish Paintingby Charles Henry Caffin by Charles Henry Caffin (1910)
""On 7th April, 1614, died Domenico Greco. He left no will. ... Since El Greco had finished his commission for Santo Domingo and had also painted an altar ..."

2. Art and Common Sense by Royal Cortissoz (1913)
"Despite the fervor with which El Greco is appraised in some quarters, one may be permitted to doubt. The recent craze for the old masters has promoted ..."

3. The Prado: A Description of the Principal Pictures in the Madrid Gallery by Albert Frederick Calvert (1907)
"Pantoja de la Cruz, . Pantoja de la Cruz, . El Greco, El Greco, ... El Greco, , SUBJECT. PLATE . The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia, Daughter of Philip u., . ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Palacio del Congreso, where the deputies meet, is a Corinthian building dating from 1850. The El Greco, and Ribera (predecessor of Velasquez and tufe. i ..."

5. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Greco, EL, born in Greece (or in Venice of Greek parents?) about 1548, died in Toledo in 1625. Spanish school; Real name Domenico ..."

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