La defensa del arte bizantino por El Greco: Notas sobre una paradoja

Abstract

A la memoria de José Álvarez LoperaEn el margen del texto de su ejemplar de las Vidas de Vasari (1568), encontramos una curiosa nota manuscrita de Domenicos Theotokopoulos, donde el Cretense defiende el arte bizantino frente a un comentario desdeñoso de Vasari. ¿Cómo explicar esta nota proveniente de un artista que volvió la espalda al arte de tipo bizantino desde su llegada a Italia?Palabras claves: Domenicos Theotokopoulos / el Greco; Giorgio Vasari; Arte Bizantino; Crítica de arte; Siglo XVI; Antiguos y Modernos.In the margin of his copy of Vasari's Vite (1568), there is a curious hand-written note by Domenicos Theotokopoulos, in which the Cretan artist, reacting to Vasari's contemptuous critique, praises Byzantine art. How can we explain such a note, stemming from the pen of an artist who turned his back on Byzantine painting after his arrival in Italy?

Post-Byzantine Cretan Icon Painting: Demand and Supply Revisited

“…On Vasari's views on the Greek style: (Richardson et al 2007, pp. 376-378, 3.5.7).For El Greco's comment: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218132252.htm (accessed 15 June 2023); published by (Hadjinicolaou 2008); for a general overview of El Greco's Cretan artistic roots, see (Lymberopoulou 2012).…”