Coronation of the Virgin by El Greco

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Coronation of the Virgin by El Greco is a late 16th-century religious painting that exemplifies the artist’s elongated figures, vivid colors, and mystical Mannerist style in depicting the crowning of the Virgin Mary in heaven.

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Coronation of the Virgin by El Greco canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artForm oil painting ⓘ
artisticMovement Mannerism ⓘ
basedOn Catholic Marian doctrine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator El Greco ⓘ
depicts Coronation of the Virgin ⓘ
Holy Trinity ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
angels ⓘ
clouds ⓘ
crowning of the Virgin Mary in heaven ⓘ
heavenly scene ⓘ
genre Christian art ⓘ
Mannerism ⓘ
hasArtisticSchool Cretan–Spanish school ⓘ
linked to: Cretan School
hasCharacteristic dramatic lighting ⓘ
elongated figures ⓘ
expressive gestures ⓘ
mystical atmosphere ⓘ
vivid colors ⓘ
hasMood devotional ⓘ
ecstatic ⓘ
hasPerspective vertical composition ⓘ
iconographicType Coronation of the Virgin ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine icon tradition ⓘ
Italian Mannerism ⓘ
linked to: Mannerism

Venetian colorism ⓘ
intendedUse altarpiece ⓘ
languageOfTitle Spanish ⓘ
mainSubject Coronation of the Virgin iconography ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
movement Spanish Renaissance ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
style Mannerist ⓘ
subjectHeading Marian art ⓘ
New Testament in art ⓘ
theme Trinitarian theology ⓘ
glorification of Mary ⓘ
heavenly kingship of Christ ⓘ
timePeriod late 16th century ⓘ
usesColor golden tones ⓘ
intense blues ⓘ
intense reds ⓘ

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