does his work have any affinity to art from other cultures?
Yes, certain art historians had asserted that El Greco's roots were firmly in the Byzantine tradition
El Greco
Certain art historians had asserted that El Greco's roots were firmly in the Byzantine tradition
what is el greco? A Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance which place did he move to, later in life? He migrated to Madrid, then to Toledo what sort of technique did he use in his works? Francisco Pacheco, a painter and theoretician who visited El Greco, wrote that the painter he believed in constant repainting and retouching in order to make the broad masses tell flat as in nature".
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El Greco [SEP] Suggested Byzantine affinities
Since the beginning of the 20th century, scholars have debated whether El Greco's style had Byzantine origins. Certain art historians had asserted that El Greco's roots were firmly in the Byzantine tradition, and that his most individual characteristics derive directly from the art of his ancestors, while others had argued that Byzantine art could not be related to El Greco's later work. The discovery of the "Dormition of the Virgin" on Syros, an authentic and signed work from the painter's Cretan period, and the extensive archival research in the early 1960s, contributed to the rekindling and reassessment of these theories.