The Private Life of El Greco Author:Donald Braider The Lavish color and drama of an age of popes and kings--the unforgettable epic saga of one of the greatest artists of all time. — He was born in poverty on the isle of Crete. He was still in his teens when he arrived in Venice to study under the great master Titian, and to learn of life in the most decadent city in the world. He stood at the s... more »ummit of power in Rome--but it was in the harsh and passionate landscape and searing emotional climate of Spain that he achieved his incredible destiny as an artist and as a man...« less