The fact that Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel full of martyrs and saints nude; he must have had a lot of guts. In this way, we can say that he was very brave to paint them nude and thus he is a true artist as he paints the way he wants to paint. The way that he sees is virtuous or decent to him. This would be very unlike El Greco, as he would paint it according to how the viewer sees it. This is because he was taught to paint in that manner. El Greco would be worried about everything, his own ethics and how other people perceive things should be. Thus, he is more of a constrained artist.
El Greco did like Michelangelo, after all he was under his wing for a while when he was in Italy. He is the one who exposed him to the fact that artists are scholars and not tradesmen. According to the book written by Janis Tomlinson, "El Greco to Goya", El Greco said that Michelangelo is a good man who didn't know how to paint. He also did offer to paint the Last Judgement in a more decent and virtuous way. This was because he would have just done it in a more acceptable way; to him nudity was not something he liked. For example he did paint nude people but he covered them up, for example in his painting St. Martin and the Beggar5. There was a piece of green cloth surrounding the beggars" genitalia. This is very much unlike Michelangelo who loves painting nudes. For example in the Battle of Centaurs6. This is where everyone is fighting, but depicted by him in the nude. The emphasis on muscular and bodily shape is very strong. This is unlike El Greco who paints very elongated and smooth figures with less emphasis on muscular bodies. His bodies are very slim, just like in the painting St. Martin and the Beggar.
So, yes El Greco would paint a more acceptable piece of art for the Sistine Chapel. That would only be because of his training and his way of thinking. His imagination does not include fantasy unlike Michelangelo.
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El Greco Domenikos Theotokopoulos, most commonly known as El Greco, lived from 1541 to 1614. ... It was here in Italy where he became known as El Greco, or "the Greek," due to the tradition of recognizing an individual based their origins. ... Although El Greco's artwork did not appeal to the accepted renaissance standards, it is widely cherished by modern day tastes. ... From 1590 until his death, El Greco's production of art was tremendous. ... Towards the end of his life, El Greco's paintings were expressed with severe deformation of the human body. ...
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In difference, El Greco (Spain 1541-1641) worked it with oil color on canvas by vertical format. ... In El Greco's painting, every five people are focused on Jesus and bless him. ... The angel figures in El Greco's are as humans that they are looking something like a name list. ... However, El Greco's painting is worked as tone by colors. ... El Greco's painting is focused to angels who are placed on top. ...
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