"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" by El Greco.
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Photographs of Toledo © William Keighley
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El Greco's dramatic interpretation of Toledo
"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."
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El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
ca. 1599–1600