Giorgione The Tempest

Giorgione, “The Tempest” 1509. This artwork is representational because it looks realistic. It is in the textbook on page 453. You are looking at the painting of an almost nude women who nurses her child. To the left of her is a man wearing a German Mercenary Solider glaze at them. His two-toned hosiery seems to identify him as a member of the Campagnia Della Calza. There in the foreground stands a pediment topped by two broken columns. In the middle of the artwork there is a bridge that crosses the estuary, and in the background, there is lightning flashing in distance. It looks like a storm is approaching in the foreground. It looks like she has red or brown hair. The women are between some trees with a white blanket over her shoulders. She has her right knee standing up trying to help hold the child up to her breast. She has tan skin and a scarf on her head. The soldier is a brown skin color and has dark brown hair. He has on a white shirt with a black jacket on
It is originally commissioned by the Venetian noble Gabriele Vendramin. It is a history painting. “The Tempest” is one of the earliest paintings in which landscapes dominates, despite its allegorical motifs. The painting is large for two reason. The first reason is because of the landscape plays the major role. Second, both compositions and coloring make it one of the most atmospheric work of the Venetian Renaissance. The artwork is a medium oil painting on canvas. The movement is High Renaissance painting it is housed in the Gallerie Dell Accademia, Venice, Italy. Giorgione was an Italian painter of the venetian school in the high renaissance from Venice. He was born in Circa 1477 in the small town of Castel Franco Vento. He became a master painter in 1490. “The Tempest” is best known for his work. He died of the plaque in Venice, Italy, Circa 1510. He was 33 years old at the time. It is highly charged atmospheric paintings are fully realize in “The