In the Age of Giorgione
Fabulous exhibition at the Royal Academy looking at the work of Giorgione and his
contemporaries in Venice.
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I am a great
Giorgione fan already and was aware that there aren’t many that still exist and
that there is often a lot of controversy over their attribution. However this
show had some which I had not come across before so I had a real sense of
discovery.
The first room
looked at the art world in Venice which would have influenced him and included
a lovely portrait of a German merchant by Durer.
My favourite room
was the room of portraits with the walls hung with either beautiful languid
poets with beautifully coiffured bobbed hair or more robust solders. There was
a marked absence of women but they turned up in the last room which looked at
allegorical portraits.
Obviously the
Uffizi was not going to let The Tempest travel but there was a picture called
The Sunrise which I’d not come across before but from shape, style and strange
subject matter I felt could be a companion piece.
I definitely want
to go to see this show again and take the audio tour as I felt there was more
to learn about Giorgione’s patrons and about the other artists on show.
Closes on 5 June
2016.
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