Giorgione at the Museo Casa Giorgione

02/01/2010 | Pictured by... |  Source: Financial Times

Source: Financial Times

By Rachel Spence
Published: January 1 2010 22:26 | Last updated: January 1 2010 22:26
 

The poet Gabriele D’Annunzio described Giorgione as “more myth than man”. Considered the father of the Venetian High Renaissance, the mystery that surrounds Zorzi – as the painter was familiarly known – is intrinsic to his reputation as a genius. Born in the Veneto town of Castelfranco in the late 1470s, [...]

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