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life was a bit off in some areas (he stated the death of Giorgione in the wrong year and much of what he wrote cannot be definitively proved). Contemporary accounts of Giorgione’s life state that he was born sometime around 1477-78 in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy (hence his full name being Giorgione Barbarelli da Castelfranco). He lived a bit inland of Venice and his name roughly translated to “Big George.” According to stylistic evidence and an account from Carlo Ridolfi, Giorgione had an…

3.4 Ritual Practice, Symbolism, and Folklore According to Bell (1992, p. 92), "people engage in ritualization as a practical way of dealing with some specific circumstances". When it comes to death, not only is there a corpse to attend to, but also the emotional implications of mortality which arise because of the death. That is when ritual comes into play. In the presence of death, ritual becomes action which brings structure and meaning to existence (Nilsson Stutz 2003, p. 56). Therefore,…