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For centuries the vibrant colours, unusual perspectives and strangely contorted figures of El
Greco's paintings were widely misunderstood. While some critics attributed these characteristics
to a defect in the artist's eyesight, others saw them as an expression of El Greco's unique artistic
vision. Not much is known of El Greco's early life, his family or his artistic training. By his own
testimony, Domenikos Theotokopoulos was born about 1540 on the island of Crete. In 1570, the
first documented date in his life, he arrived in Rome already an accomplished artist. According
to Roman contemporaries, he had come from Venice. In Italy he was nicknamed "El Greco" or
"the Greek", the name by which he is still known.