 The uncertainty surrounding the identity and meaning of his work has made Giorgione one of the most mysterious figures in European art.Together with Titian, who was probably slightly younger, he founded the distinctive Venetian school of Italian Renaissance painting, which achieves much of its effect through colour and mood, and is traditionally contrasted with Florentine painting, which relies on a more linear disegno-led style.What little is known of Giorgione's life is given in Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects".