IN THE AGE OF GIORGIONE

Venice in the early 16th century was Europes undisputed capital of culture: home to some of the finest artists of the Italian Renai ssance whose importance stretched far beyond the region. The first great painter to emerge was also the most mysterious. Little is k nown about Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, known as Giorgione (c. 14771510), and few works have been attributed to him with cer tainty, yet he painted what is considered the first landscape in Western art history and his influence was profoundly felt by contem poraries i...[Llegir més]