"Explores the early career of Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 'El Greco', in particular his engagement with Italian art around the time of his sojourn in Venice and Rome (1567-76). Examines the form, function, and conception of religious images in the second half of the sixteenth century"--Provided by publisher.
Art and the religious image in El Greco's Italy
Christian art and symbolism--Renaissance, 1450-1600--Italy
The divinity of painting -- The devotional image -- Synthesis as artistic ideal -- The theatrics of the counter-reformation narrative -- The artist as antiquarian in Christian Rome -- From icon to altarpiece.