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GIORGIONE: The Adoration of the Shepherds

GIORGIONE
🖼 The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1505-10
Oil on panel
91 × 111 cm
Washington, United States

Soft candlelight spills across figures gathered around the Christ child, rendered in warm earth tones with atmospheric perspective. Giorgione's intimate interpretation revolutionized the Nativity scene, prioritizing poetic mood and natural observation over traditional religious hierarchy.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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