The Cretan Foundation Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known to history as El Greco, began his life in 1541 on the island of Crete. At that time, the island was a Venetian possession, a fact that would later allow him to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western traditions. He was trained as an icon painter within the Byzantine tradition, a discipline that demanded a meticulous attention to detail and a focus on the spiritual essence of a su…
Scroll through El Greco's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups El Greco's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.