Giorgione
Giorgione (, , ; 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. He is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, though only about six surviving paintings are firmly attributed to him. The uncertainty surrounding the identity and meaning of his work has made Giorgione one of the most mysterious figures in European art.
Together with his younger contemporary
Titian, he founded the Venetian school of
Italian Renaissance painting, characterised by its use of colour and mood. The school is traditionally contrasted with
Florentine painting, which relied on a more linear
disegno-led style.
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