Curator George Goldner on "View of Toledo" by El Greco.
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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world.
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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Photography by Juan Trujillo
Photographs of Toledo © William Keighley
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El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
ca. 1599–1600