Question

Which of the following is an aesthetic question you could ask about El Greco's The Burial of Count Orgaz?

A. how did El Greco use color and value in this painting
B. does the painting have to tell a story to be considered art
C. where is pattern most prominent in this painting

Answer 1

The answer is "Does the painting have to tell a story to be considered art?"

Answer 2

A) How did El Greco use color and value in this painting

Step-by-step explanation:

The Burial of Count Orgaz is the most outstanding work of Doménikos Theotokópoulos, known as El Greco. In this work, El Greco used two different styles. He divided the canvas into two parts: in the lower half of the work, he painted more naturalistic and sculptural images, along with portraits of important personalities from the city of Toledo. In the upper half of the painting, El Greco adopted Mannerism, using extravagant colors, unusual spatial arrangements, and distorted shapes to suggest a divine dimension, while the count's soul ascends to the Heaven.