GIORDANO, LUCA

(1632-1705), _ Ital. artist; notorious for his rapidity _ with the brush; spent many years at the _ Span. court, where he acquired great _ wealth, which he afterwards distributed in charity. artist; 6. Cas tel franco; of obscure _ parentage; went to Venice in early _ youth, where he is said to have studied under Giovanni Bellini, and had Titian for a fellow-pupil; became one of the greatest masters of the Venetian school. 1337), Ital. artist and architect; 6. _ Vespignano, near Florence. His works are chiefly frescoes, and deal with - allegorical subjects or incidents from the lives of the saints. Fine examples of ‘his work are twenty-eight frescoes illustrating the life of St. Francis, at A isi; and other famous works showing his later development are to be seen at Rome, Padua, and Florence.