Giorgione's Tempest: Interpreting the Hidden Subject

by Salvatore Settis

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The Tempest is Giorgione's most enigmatic painting. It is a depiction of Giorgione's own family, of the "family of man" tale from Boccaccio, or of the myth of Apollo's birth? In this remarkable study, Salvatore Settis uses the mystery of the painting to shed light on the relationship between artist, patron, work, and critic. The result is a brilliant piece of detective work in the history and sociology of culture that stresses the function...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226748944

ISBN13:9780226748948

Release Date:June 1994

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:220 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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