Artist a day!
GIORGIO BARBARELLI DA CASTELFRANCO
(1478-1510)
The artistic merit of Giorgione's work is unclear, which has led to his being one of the most mysterious artists in European art.
Madonna and Child with Saints Liberale and Francis (The Castelfranco Madonna)
Giorgione is responsible for inventing a new painting style that's more light-and-color oriented than the traditional shadowed shapes in Florentine art.
It is known that Giorgione met Leonardo da Vinci in the early 1500s, and many critics believe that the meeting of these two artists was a significant influence on his work.