Giorgione's Ambiguity by Nichols, Tom

Giorgione's Ambiguity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789142976)

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Giorgione's Ambiguity by Nichols, Tom

Giorgione's Ambiguity

$22.50
Giorgione's Ambiguity by Nichols, Tom

Giorgione's Ambiguity

$22.50
Format: Hardcover
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The Venetian painter known as Giorgione or "big George" died at a young age in the dreadful plague of 1510, possibly having painted fewer than twenty-five works. But many of these are among the most mysterious and alluring in the history of art. Paintings such as The Three Philosophers and The Tempest remain compellingly elusive, seeming to deny the viewer the possibility of interpreting their meaning. Tom Nichols argues that this visual elusiveness was essential to Giorgione's sensual approach and that ambiguity is the defining quality of his art. Through detailed discussions of all Giorgione's works, Nichols shows that by abandoning the more intellectual tendencies of much Renaissance art, Giorgione made the world and its meanings appear always more inscrutable.

Author: Tom Nichols
ISBN-10: 1789142970
ISBN-13: 9781789142976
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 12/25/2020
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2021
By Tom Nichols
By Tom Nichols
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Tom Nichols is a reader in art history at the University of Glasgow. His previous books include Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity and Titian and the End of the Venetian Renaissance, both also published by Reaktion.

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