1st Edition
Baroque Self-Invention and Historical Truth Hercules at the Crossroads
By Christopher Braider
Copyright 2004
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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In his monumental study, Christopher Braider explores the dialectical contest between history and truth that defines the period of cultural transition called the 'baroque'. For example, Annibale Carracci's portrayal of the Stoic legend of Hercules at the Crossroads departs from earlier, more static representations that depict an emblematic demigod who has already rejected the fallen path of... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Baroque self-invention and historical truth in art; The vindication of Susanna: femininity and truth in Baroque science and art; The fountain of Narcissus: the ontology of St Paul in Caravaggio and Rembrandt; Hercules at the crossroads: image and soliloquy in Annibale Carracci; Imaginary selves: the trial of identity in Descartes, Pascal and Cyrano; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Christopher Braider is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of Refiguring the Real: Picture and Modernity in Word and Image, 1400-1700 (1993) and Indiscernible Counterparts: The Invention of the Text in French Classical Drama (2002).
'... a monument and a legacy to Baroque studies that works through an impressive body of material to reach broad and timely conclusions.' Tom Conley, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
