FILE: 62_Pastoral Symphony_Giorgione.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Pastoral Symphony - HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE in VENICE

DESCRIPTION: by GIORGIONE. Introduced perfectly beautiful LANDSCAPE as a legitimate SUBJECT for a painting = ARCADIANISM. Giorgione was a STUDENT OF BELLINI. Giorgione RE-INTRODUCED THE MONUMENTAL NUDE. Painting is symbolic for the arts: Figures = nude is a muse; others are lutist, flutist, poet. Symbols came from "style books" of the day = encyclopedias of how to paint symbolically. This painting may be an assignment given by Bellini to his student.