The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 22, 2011 Page: 4 of 12
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4 — February 22, 2011
News
The University News
Dr. Mark Roglan tells
of El Greco's influence
on Spanish culture
Monica Diodati
News Editor
Last Wednesday, Dr. Mark
Roglan, director of the Meadows
Museum, lectured on "The
Rediscovery of El Greco." He
said the presentation was "basically a
tale," and he shared that tale with the
students and faculty that filled the Art
History Auditorium to the brim.
Assisted by slides of paintings and
photographs, Roglan began by giving
a brief history of El Greco's life. He was
born in Crete in the 16th century and,
as a Venetian citizen, wanted to learn to
paint from Titian, the great Renaissance
artist. Titian, however, died before El
Greco reached him, and so the aspiring
artist moved to Rome hoping to paint
for the Vatican. That attempt failed as
well, however, and he decided to travel
to Spain after hearing that King Philip II
was commissioning artists for El Escorial,
a humongous palace, monastery and
museum outside of Madrid.
El Greco, however, did not win the
favor of King Philip, and so settled in
Toledo, Spain, with agroup of intellectuals
and artists. When he died in the 1620s,
said Roglan, he was completely forgotten.
Not until 1900, when Manuel Cossfo
Student Foundation to
restart tutoring program
Monica Diodati
News Editor
Photo by Meaghan Colvin
Dr. Mark Roglan shares the tale of El Greco's life and impact upon
Spanish culture in the crowded Art History Auditorium last Wednesday.
published the first monograph on El
Greco, was he "rediscovered," said
Roglan. And, when the director of the
Prado Museum in Madrid decided to put
El Greco's work on display, he became a
national sensation. An El Greco museum
was created in Toledo in 1 91 1, and since
then the town of Toledo has become
synonymous with the name of El Greco,
said Roglan.
"El Greco could capture the character
of the Spanish people," said Roglan. In
a time when that character was under
speculation, many artists looked to El
Greco to define the Spanish identity.
Those artists include Ignacio Zuloaga
and Pablo Picasso, among others. Even
the Spanish modernists, like the architect
Antonio Gaudf, collected and examined
El Greco as an inspiration for their work.
Spanish artists, said Roglan, "admired
[El Greco's] ability to see beyond." El
Greco strayed somewhat from the hyper-
realistic art of his period and painted
more fantastical landscapes, with wide
brushstrokes and a collage-like style,
as he compressed many figures or
landmarks into a single space, said
Roglan. His elongated human figures
especially influenced Salvador Dalf and
Paul Cezanne.
El Greco also saw "beyond" in that he
depicted individuals as
they are; he paid special
attention to their look,
their posture and their
expression in order to
tell the viewers more
about who they are as
individuals.
As Roglan showed
the progression of El
Greco's influence on
modern art in his slides,
he explained what El
Greco meant to the
Spanish culture: "As the
empire was breaking
up, Spanish intellectuals
were trying to define
who they were, so they
looked to the past and
found El Greco."
Student Foundation
is reviving an old
University of Dallas
tradition: tutoring
young students in Tower
Village. The program last
functioned in 2007, and now
UD senior Maria Preble is
starting it again.
The goal is to tutor the
younger children who live in
Tower Village in English and
Spanish, mostly helping with
their homework or helping
them read. The tutoring was
previously done in the Tower
Village front office building,
but Preble is still waiting to
hear back from the complex's
management for information
on getting the word out to the
families.
Once Preble hears back,
anyone who wants to tutor can
sign up. The tutors will work
with the students for an hour
on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
They will have a party at the
end of the year and hopefully
some activities throughout the
semester, said Preble.
Student Foundation is a
student-run club whose main
goal is to uphold the traditions
of UD. One of their focuses
is community outreach, and
Preble said this is a perfect way
to fulfill that goal.
Preble said they want the
non-student residents of Tower
Village to know that "we really
do care. It's a great opportunity
to get into the community in a
very specific way."
"UD can become such a
bubble," said Preble, and the
tutoring program is a way to
reach beyond that bubble and
be of service to the community.
SG Gavel
From the Senate meeting of Feb. 1 6:
- The Crusader mascot logo, designed by the Mascot
Committee, has been sent to the Board for approval.
- Mark Kubisch formed a committee to research the
possibility of extending Open House Hours in the dorms
on snow days.
- Brennan Pecha created a committee to look into
repairing some of the equipment in the Fitness Center.
-Jarred Priester established an investigatory committee
to pursue stricter enforcement of the prohibition on
smoking immediately outside Braniff.
- The Senate approved the allocation of club funding
for the semester per recommendation of the Charter and
Appropriations Committee.
- This semester, President Keefe wi11 be hosting "Time
with Tom" once a month during Music on the
Mall. Stay posted for more information,
and be sure to stop by when he is there!
Theresa Smart
SG Secretary
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Chee, Gabbi. The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 22, 2011, newspaper, February 22, 2011; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth201541/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Dallas.