Giorgione's Tempest: Interpreting the Hidden Subject

by Salvatore Settis

Book Overview

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"