El Greco is one of the most fascinating figures in the history of art, and this volume does full justice to his amazing achievement. For here, in 49 superb color-plates and many monotone illustrations, is the range of his lifework: haunted, probing portraits, mysterious, flickering landscapes, religious paintings in which the ecstasies and "dark nights" of the soul are revealed with unparalleled eloquence and intensity. Professor Leo Bronstein, in his introduction and separate commentaries on the colorplates, has provided an illuminating and exciting account of El Greco's art and life. Every painting has been photographed especially for this-book, and the color proofs were checked again and again in front of the originals - by museum officials and private collectors - until the utmost in fidelity was attained. Like its companions in THE LIBRARY OF GREAT PAINTERS, this volume is an exhibition of a great painter's work as a permanent possession in your own home, to enjoy whenever...

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