Baroque self-invention and historical truth : Hercules at the crossroads /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braider, Christopher, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2004.
Series:Studies in European cultural transition ; v. 23.
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 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.