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Giorgione (UK: / ˌ dʒ ɔːr dʒ i ˈ oʊ n eɪ,-n i /, US: / ˌ dʒ ɔːr ˈ dʒ oʊ n i /, Italian: [dʒorˈdʒoːne]; born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco; 1477–78 or 1473–74 – 17 September 1510) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school during the High Renaissance, who died in his thirties.
Giorgione, (born c. 1477/78, Castelfranco Veneto, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died before November 7, 1510, Venice), extremely influential Italian painter who was one of the initiators of a High Renaissance style in Venetian art.
Giorgione (/ˌdʒɔːrdʒiˈoʊneɪ, -ni/, US: /ˌdʒɔːrˈdʒoʊni/; Italian: [dʒorˈdʒoːne]; born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco; c. 1477/8–1510) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school in the High Renaissance from Venice, whose career was ended by his death at a little over 30.
With the work of Giorgione, one of Bellini's students, the Venetian High Renaissance truly began. Although he died very young, Giorgione's influence was enormous. For the private enjoyment of cultivated patrons he introduced new subjects: mythological scenes and pastorals with elusive meaning.
Many commentators, insisting Giorgione intended a preconceived theme in The Tempest, have been lured to resolve such enigmatic details. The painting has generated an enormous modern scholarly literature, with over 100 proposals for its imagery—nearly all of them different.
Giorgione , or Giorgio da Castelfranco , (born c. 1477/78, Castelfranco Veneto, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died before Nov. 7, 1510, Venice), Italian painter active in Venice.
Giorgione means 'big George'. He worked on a painting, since destroyed, for the Doge's Palace in Venice and, in 1508, on frescoes for the exterior of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi (the German merchants' warehouse) in Venice (fragments in the Ca' d'Oro, Venice).