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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 152: El Greco and Mannerism
El Greco, fusing influences from Greece, Venice, and Holy Toledo, painted supernatural visions, faces that flicker like candles, and otherworldly altarpieces with a disregard for realism that feels modern even today. While hard to put El Greco in a box, he’s part of the Mannerist style that followed the Renaissance.
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Hyde Park; V&A Museum; trendy East End; afternoon tea; revitalized industrial zones.
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Buckingham Palace; Parliament and Churchill War Rooms; Portrait Gallery; Tower of London.
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Bosphorus cruise; Grand Bazaar; Golden Horn; Whirling Dervishes; Taksim Square.
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The Hippodrome; a Turkish bath; Blue Mosque; Hagia Sophia; Spice Market; Topkapı Palace.
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Highlights of Paris: Eiffel Tower; Seine cruise; neighborhood markets, a nighttime joyride.
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Rivers and canals of France’s Burgundy region; gourmet meals; fine wine, natural beauty.
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Seductive Venice; cultured Florence; charming hill towns; eternal Rome; Naples; Sicily.
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Warsaw's heavy history and lively bustle; red-brick Toruń; Malbork Castle; maritime Gdańsk.
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Kraków's grand square, Wawel Castle, communist-era Nowa Huta; sobering Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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The ultimate road trip; Lake Mývatn; Eastfjords; lagoons and waterfalls; Westman Islands.
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The vibrant capital; Blue Lagoon; Golden Circle's majestic nature; Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
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The turbulent century and its rule-breaking art—Picasso, Surrealism and edgy architecture.