The Tempest by Giorgione

Giorgione was a Venetian painter during the high Renaissance and he was a mysterious painter. There are only about a handful of works that are attributed to him because he never signed or titled his works. One of his works, we know for sure, is The Tempest and it was made around 1508.It shows a woman, maybe a gypsy, who is suckling a baby and a young man on the opposite end, maybe a soldier, and they are outside with an approaching storm and a village in the background. Radiography has helped us to see that instead of the man , there was another nude woman originally. We do not know why he took her out or much about what this painting means but nonetheless it deserves much praise for its harmonious nature and its simplicity. We do not know most of his art's contexts or what they mean but he is nonetheless a Renaissance artist. It is an oil on canvas and Giorgione used very soft forms and colors and he also known for the poetic quality in his work. He also helped create the Venetian artistic reputation during the Renaissance. Giorgione was a student of Giovanni Bellini and one of his pupils was Titian, who has a very similar style.