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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Italian painter and early master of the Venetian school. Among the works ascribed to him are The Tempest (c. 1505) and Sleeping Venus (c. 1510).

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  • How do you think I even know the name Giorgione more than five hundred years later?

    The Wish Stealers Tracy Trivas 2010

  • How do you think I even know the name Giorgione more than five hundred years later?

    The Wish Stealers Tracy Trivas 2010

  • Giorgio da Castelfranco, known as Giorgione, often painted figures with such spectral softness that he is acclaimed for his ability to do so.

    Terence Clarke: Masters of Venice, at The de Young Museum, San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011

  • Giorgio da Castelfranco, known as Giorgione, often painted figures with such spectral softness that he is acclaimed for his ability to do so.

    Terence Clarke: Masters of Venice, at The de Young Museum, San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011

  • Giorgio da Castelfranco, known as Giorgione, often painted figures with such spectral softness that he is acclaimed for his ability to do so.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Terence Clarke 2011

  • In time, from the nature of his person and from the greatness of his mind, Giorgio came to be called Giorgione; and although he was born from very humble stock, nevertheless he was not otherwise than gentle and of good breeding throughout his whole life.

    Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo Giorgio Vasari 1542

  • The opulence of Rubens and the dignity of Titian are most happily combined with a delicacy and refinement such as Giorgione alone can impart.

    Giorgione Cook, Herbert 1904

  • The figures, with their compactly built and rounded limbs, are such as Giorgione loved to model, the sweep of draperies and the splendid line indicate a consummate master, the idyllic landscape framing episodes from the life of Adonis is just such as we see in the Louvre picture and elsewhere, the glow and splendour of the whole reveal a master of tone and colouring.

    Giorgione Cook, Herbert 1904

  • To mark the 500th anniversary of his death, Castelfranco is now hosting "Giorgione," an exhibition of over 120 paintings, drawings, engravings, marbles, bronzes, books and manuscripts at the Casa Giorgione Museum, the house next door to the Duomo in the central square, which according to local tradition was the artist's parental home.

    NYT > Home Page By RODERICK CONWAY MORRIS 2010

  • The whole city is an extraordinary architectural masterpiece in which even the smallest building contains works by some of the world's greatest artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and others.

    بالاترین 2008

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