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Anyway, I would not be happy to see a beautiful, well-proportioned woman, no matter from which point of view, however extravagant, not only lose her beauty in order to, I would say, increase in size according to the law of vision, but no longer appear beautiful, and, in fact, become monstrous.

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Now, in order to claim some knowledge of painting, Vitruvius speaks of the consideration of the perfect human body and about how good sculptors and painters in order to make it give it a height of ten faces, and I say that according to them they have read and they say that this proportion is based on knowledge of measurement and that it happens that without it it is not possible to have proportion or consideration because those who are not cognisant of this do not count.

El Greco

I hold the imitation of color to be the greatest difficulty of art.

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El Greco

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Born: 1541

Died: April 7, 1614 (aged 73)

Bio: Doménikos Theotokópoulos, most widely known as El Greco, was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. The nickname "El Greco" refers both to his Greek origin and Spanish citizenship.

Known for:

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1588)
The Disrobing of Christ (1579)
The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest
The Adoration of the Shepherds (1614)
View of Toledo (1600)

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