Salvatore Settis (born 11 June 1941) is an Italian archaeologist and art historian. From 1994 to 1999 he was director of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles and from 1999 to 2010 of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.
Settis, who was known as a scholar of ancient and Renaissance art, was a Getty consultant and scholar before joining the staff of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, in 1994.[3] He was appointed director in March 1993, to replace the founder Kurt Forster, who resigned in 1992 [4].[5] Settis left that position in January 1999, announcing that he would return to his former position as a professor of classical archaeology at the Scuola Normale Superiore.[6]
La "Tempesta" interpretata. Giorgione, i committenti, il soggetto, Torino, Einaudi, 1978.
Settis-La Regina-Agosti-Farinella, La Colonna Traiana, Collana Saggi n. 716, Torino, Einaudi, 1988.
Laocoonte. Fama e stile, Collana Virgolette, Roma, Donzelli 1999. ISBN978-88-603-6040-3.
Italia S.p.A. L'assalto al patrimonio culturale, Collana Gli struzzi n. 554, Torino, Einaudi, 2002
Passaggi e paesaggi (with Saverio Calocero), Roma, Donzelli, 2003
Quale eccellenza? Intervista sulla Normale di Pisa (edited by Silvia Dell'Orso), Collana Saggi Tascabili, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004. ISBN978-88-420-6974-4.