Giorgione biography of william

Giorgione was an Italian painter from Venice whose career was cut off by his death at a little over And that is a problem – everyone knows his pal, Titian, who lived for nearly 90 years, but nobody remembers Giorgione.

And you must understand that Giorgione was an absolute rock star of High Renaissance art. Here is everything you need to know about him:

1. He was called Big George

His name sometimes appears in the sources as Zorzo.

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The variant Giorgione (or Zorzon) could be translated as “Big George.”

2. He met other famous artists of his time – including Leonardo da Vinci

Giorgione met Leonardo da Vinci on the occasion of the Tuscan master’s visit to Venice in Around the same time as Leonardo, Giorgione began to use the very refined chiaroscuro called sfumato – the delicate use of shades of color to depict light and perspective.

It can be seen on the face of a Young Man with Arrow from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vie