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- ISBN 9781789142976
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jan 2021
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 25 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 their defining quality. 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.
Tom Nichols is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. His previous books include Titian and the End of the Venetian Renaissance (2013) and Giorgione’s Ambiguity (2020), both published by Reaktion.
