The painting The Holy Trinity has eight figures. These figures are Christ, The father, a dove, and several angels. The angles are wearing an array of color …show more content…
The lighting used for the doves was as though the bird was coming from true light. The body of Jesus was portrayed perfectly with the way the bible describes the wounds on the body of Christ. One of the reasons I choose this picture was because of the wonderful color El Greco used. For both the angels and the Holy Father the color and depth was painted to perfection. One of the most interesting facts I learned was that El Greco is not the painters real name that his true name is Domenikos Theotocopoulos. A lot of things intrigued me about this painting, one of which is the beautiful use of color and depth. One question arose in my mind was how did he do it? And yet I still have no answer. As of why he painted this or how this image came to him weather in the form of a dream or just a thought. One interesting quote that I found while looking for this answer is a section from the holy bible, in Matthew 28: 16-20 which