tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054785923214156833.post2239129275542697788..comments2024-02-03T17:02:45.046-08:00Comments on Giorgione et al...: Giorgione and Titian: Pastoral ConcertDr. Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469403843869655063noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054785923214156833.post-16533202669198880182019-05-04T04:24:12.967-07:002019-05-04T04:24:12.967-07:00"The golden age, ah, whither is it flown,
For..."The golden age, ah, whither is it flown,<br />For which in secret every heart repines?<br />When o’er the yet unsubjugated earth<br />Men roam’d, like herds, in joyous liberty;<br />When on the flowery lawn an ancient tree<br />Lent to the shepherd and the shepherdess<br />Its grateful shadow, and the leafy grove<br />Its tender branches lovingly entwin’d<br />Around confiding love; when still and clear,<br />O’er sands forever pure, the pearly stream<br />The nymph’s fair form encircled; when the snake<br />Glided innoxious through the verdant grass,<br />And the bold youth pursu’d the daring faun;<br />When every bird winging the limpid air,<br />And every living thing o’er hill and dale<br />Proclaim’d to man,—What pleases is allow’d."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054785923214156833.post-28262481629184960422013-07-02T19:32:28.603-07:002013-07-02T19:32:28.603-07:00Julie:
Thanks for the comment. If you get a chanc...Julie:<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. If you get a chance to read the full paper, I would love to see your comments. I have no way of proving it, but I like to think that Titian kept this painting in his studio for years as a reminder of his lost friend.<br /><br />FrankDr. Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469403843869655063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054785923214156833.post-44187338265669859302013-07-02T19:07:57.734-07:002013-07-02T19:07:57.734-07:00A very meaningful interpretation which bring new d...A very meaningful interpretation which bring new dimensions to interpreting the painting. (The man on left resembles Giorgione, who was known to have played the lute and was described as having a "very big soul.") If your insight is true, this painting truly does have the elegiac tone of other Arcadian paintings. Note, too, that Giorgione's face is fully in shadow, which could be a way to express that his shadow is extinguished. I believe the women are imagined in the not only as muses, nearly angelic beings. The entire painting evokes imagination and reverie, in an idealized world. In the end it is creation of a mood which is the most important message of the painting.Julie Schauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014109326652755132noreply@blogger.com