FAMOUS ARTISTS THROUGH HISTORY

                                                     

Leonardo Davinci painted one of the most famous paintings in the world it was the MonaLisa                                                               

 

El Greco is arguably the best-known Mannerist painter. Born on Crete (then a possession of Venice), he learned his craft in the Byzantine manner. He later spent enough time in Venice itself to pick up dramatic color techniques, then synthesized all into a whole after settling in Spain. The spirited Counter-Reformation going on in his new (and last) home lent itself to his mystical/religious themes. His style was so completely unique that it   died with him, its loss unnoticed for centuries.