How did El Greco achieve his distinctive style?
My distinctive style is born of vision, of the divine light that guides my hand. I employ dramatic chiaroscuro, where light and shadow wrestle to reveal the spiritual intensity of a scene. My palette is vibrant, for color is the language of the divine, capable of stirring the soul. The forms you see, though seemingly distorted, are bent to the will of emotion and spirit, conveying a truth deeper than anatomical accuracy. Look at works like 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz'; you witness this striving, this transcendence of the earthly.