"..because in this way the form will be perfect and not reduced, which is the worst thing that can happen to a figure."
— El Greco

January 1, 1970

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on making his painting 'The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception' El Greco asked permission to lengthen the altarpiece itself by another 1.5 feet (0.46 m) - the human body became even more otherworldly in his later works