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

Author/creator Braider, Christopher, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoBurlington, VT : Ashgate, 2004.
Descriptionviii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesStudies in European cultural transition ; v. 23
Studies in European cultural transition v. 23. ^A515169
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references p. ([182]-193) and index.
LCCN 2004007679
ISBN0754638812 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks N6415.B3 B73 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold