Giorgione's Tempest: Interpreting the Hidden Subject
by Salvatore Settis. Translated by Ellen Bianchini
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0226774899
- ISBN 13
- 9780226774893
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About This Item
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 interpretation, such as a tale from Boccaccio or the birth of Apollo. All critics agree, however, that the painting eludes any immediate reading.Settis uses this mystery to shed light on the relationship between artist, patron, work and critic. He demonstrates the inadequacy of official interpretations of The Tempest and develops a new and highly original approach. The result is a brilliant piece of detective work in the history and sociology of culture.
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- Exchange Value Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0004884
- Title
- Giorgione's Tempest: Interpreting the Hidden Subject
- Author
- Salvatore Settis. Translated by Ellen Bianchini
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0226774899
- ISBN 13
- 9780226774893
- Publisher
- Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Keywords
- Tempest, Philosophy, Art History, Art, Humanities, Subject, Settis, Giorgione
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art History;
- X weight
- 11 oz
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The dealer is an alum of the Rare Book School and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar.
I started in the trade at the Wexner Center for the Arts bookstore, and previously worked for the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, and the Indiana University Eskenazi Museum of Art's Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.
Besides selling books, I proofread them for Farrar, Straus and Giroux. jamespayne.info.
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