Introduction to 'In the Age of Giorgione'
Free Talk
Monday 14 March 2016 1 - 2pm
The Reynolds Room, Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts
Free, booking required.
In the Age of Giorgione
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Curator Per Rumberg gives an introduction to the age of Giorgione, tracing the birth of the Golden Age of Venetian painting.
Though Giovanni Bellini was still the leading artist in Venice at the turn of the 16th century, a younger generation, including Giorgione and Titian, started to emerge from his shadow. Their innovations, combined with the influence of visitors such as Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci, ushered in a new dawn of Venetian art.
One of the first artists to arise was also the most mysterious: little is known about Giorgione’s life, and few works can be definitively attributed to him, yet the elusive poetic quality of his work is so powerful that, despite his early death, his legacy was profoundly felt in Venice and beyond.
In this talk, curator Per Rumberg will explore the idealised beauty, expressive force and sensuous use of colour that became the hallmark of Venetian Renaissance painting.
Doors open at 12.30pm, no admittance will be granted for latecomers after 1pm. If you do not arrive before 1pm, your ticket will be released at that time to those waiting for returned tickets.