“To me the works of art that have the greatest impact are the ones that begin with reality and expand on the experience of reality.”
Curator George Goldner on View of Toledo (ca. 1599–1600) by El Greco.
My First Time
George R. Goldner
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Contributors
George R. Goldner
Curator
Curator
Photography by Juan Trujillo
Photographs of Toledo © William Keighley
Art Mentioned
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
ca. 1599–1600
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