The Tempest V1(After Giorgione)
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Title
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The Tempest V1(After Giorgione)
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Description
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Tirtzah Bassel’s The Tempest V1 (After Giorgione) is a 2020 gouache on paper work (30" x 35") that reinterprets Giorgione’s 16th-century masterpiece through a contemporary lens. Part of her artistic exploration of canon, it reimagines the mysterious, storm-laden landscape of the Renaissance original, featured in her "[Canon in Drag]" series
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Date
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2020
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Identifier
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0007.SLAG
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Material
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Gouache on paper
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Measurements
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76.2 cm x 88.9 cm (30 inches x 35 inches)
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Analysis
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A reinterpretation of pastoral femininity that destabilizes the quiet eroticism of classical composition:
(The Female Gaze) In The Tempest V1 (After Giorgione), Bassel reimagines Giorgione’s mysterious scene to question how women are often shown as passive figures in landscape art. Instead of being just something to look at, the subject refuses to be easily defined or contained. The piece shows how pastoral scenes can include subtle erotic elements that reflect male viewers’ desires. By addressing the male gaze, it challenges the tradition of placing women in nature as objects to be admired or possessed. Bassel challenges the idea of a simple, passive harmony between the female figure and the environment.
