Giorgione’s Ambiguity

Name: Giorgione’s Ambiguity
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By Tom Nichols

Series: Renaissance Lives

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Giorgione, the Venetian painter nicknamed 'big George', created fewer than twenty-five works before his untimely death in the 1510 plague. Known for paintings like The Three Philosophers and The Tempest, his art remains elusive and mysterious. Tom Nichols explores how Giorgione's sensual style embraced ambiguity, making the meaning of his works deliberately inscrutable, setting him apart from the intellectualism of much Renaissance art.
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This book will appeal to readers interested in Renaissance art, art history scholars, and those fascinated by the enigmatic and sensual qualities of Giorgione's paintings.

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.

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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. 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.

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Philip Cottrell, assistant professor in art history at University College Dublin, praises Nichols's book as a lyrical, thought-provoking and accessible essay on Giorgione. He highlights the book's revitalising and informed discussion of the painter's elusive art and its clear guidance through his key works.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789142976

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 January 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Reaktion Books

Illustration: 60 illustrations, 40 in colour

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 232

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: Renaissance Lives Tom Nichols

About the Author

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.