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Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [ART HISTORY]. Salvatore Settis. Translated by Ellen Bianchini. "Giorgione's Tempest: Interpreting the Hidden Subject." Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1990. First edition, stated. English language. Softcover. Text with black and white images. [i-vi] vii-xi [xii-xiv] 1-189. pp. 189. 69 black and white illustrations. Front cover slightly bows. Text clean. Use. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0226774899."The Tempest by Giorgione is one of the most enigmatic paintings of the Renaissance. This remarkable work examines the hypotheses and arguments which have surrounded this painting over the centuries. From the sixteenth century to the present day, commentators have tried to fit the elements of The Tempest into a symbolic scheme. Some have seen it as the depiction of Giorgione's own family, or the 'family of man'; others have preferred a literary or mythological… Read More