Dreaming with open eyes : opera, aesthetics, and perception in Arcadian Rome /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Ayana O., 1973- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Pollarolo, Carlo Francesco, > approximately 1653-1723. > Forza della virtù. Scarlatti, Alessandro, > 1660-1725. > Statira. Opera > Italy > 17th century. Opera > Italy > 17th century > Philosophy and aesthetics. Symbolism in opera. 1600-1699 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Founding Arcadia : the aesthetics of verisimilitude and Buon gusto
Performing L'Endimione : a history and reappraisal of Guidi's Favola pastorale
Reading the classics : intellectual and cultural resonances in Gravina's Discorso sopra L'Endimione (1691; publ. 1692)
Reconciling icon, mythos, and tupos : the role of images in L'Endimione?
Believing in opera : visual modes in Alessandro Scarlatti's La Statira (Rome, 1690)
Deceiving the eye : mirror, statue, and stone in Carlo Francesco Pollarolo's La forza della virtù (Venice, 1693)
Epilogue, constructing gender and politics : Queen Christina's image.