Giorgione

[ jawr-joh-nee; Italian jawr-jaw-ne ]

/ dʒɔrˈdʒoʊ ni; Italian dʒɔrˈdʒɔ nɛ /

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noun

Giorgione de Castelfranco; Giorgio Barbarelli, 1478?–1511, Italian painter.

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How to use Giorgione in a sentence

Rubens, Giorgione, Klee and Corot have painted it; Jean Cocteau has turned it into film.
Ann Wroe’s ‘Orpheus’: Why the Mythological Muse Haunts Us|Ann Wroe|May 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
All these men, whose work is so full of splendour, came under the influence of Giorgione after passing through Bellini's bottega.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
He first studied with Giovanni Bellini and then with Giorgione, becoming the most distinguished disciple of his school.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New York Historical Society|anonymous
That was one of Giorgione's innovations: to paint pictures for private gentlemen.
A Wanderer in Venice|E.V. Lucas

The lines and pattern are Giorgione's, howsoever the re-painter may have toiled.
A Wanderer in Venice|E.V. Lucas
In either case there is no doubt that Giorgione's influence was very powerful.
A Wanderer in Venice|E.V. Lucas

British Dictionary definitions for Giorgione

Giorgione

/ (Italian dʒorˈdʒoːne) /

noun

Il. original name Giorgio Barbarelli. ?1478–1511, Italian painter of the Venetian school, who introduced a new unity between figures and landscape

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