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LECTURE 2 "Giorgione and the Poetry of Painting"
1h 24m
During the short decade-long career of Giorgione di Castelfranco, better known simply as “Giorgione,” Venetian painting would acquire a degree of visual sophistication unparalleled in Europe. The dominance of landscape, picturesque figures, and the prevalent mood of “poetic enchantment” introduced by Giorgione, would transform painting into a visual poem – a peoesia.