Cretan school
Style of Greek religious painting during the Renaissance / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cretan school describes an important school of icon painting, under the umbrella of post-Byzantine art,[1] which flourished while Crete was under Venetian rule during the late Middle Ages, reaching its climax after the fall of Constantinople, becoming the central force in Greek painting during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The Cretan artists developed a particular style of painting under the influence of both Eastern and Western artistic traditions and movements; the most famous product of the school, El Greco, was the most successful of the many artists who tried to build a career in Western Europe, and also the one who left the Byzantine style farthest behind him in his later career.