Baroque Self-Invention and Historical Truth: Hercules at the Crossroads - Studies in European Cultural Transition - Christopher Braider - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9781138378841 - June 6, 2019
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Christopher Braider
Baroque Self-Invention and Historical Truth: Hercules at the Crossroads - Studies in European Cultural Transition 1st edition

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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 worldly Pleasure for the upward road of heroic Virtue. Braider argues that, in breaking with tradition in order to portray a tragic soliloquist whose dominant trait is agonized indecision, Carracci joins other baroque artists, poets and philosophers in rehearsing the historical dilemma of choice itself. Carracci's picture thus becomes a framing device that illuminates phenomena as diverse as the construction of gender in baroque painting and science, the Pauline ontology of art in Caravaggio and Rembrandt, the metaphysics of baroque soliloquy and the dismantling of Cartesian dualism in Cyrano de Bergerac and Pascal.

216 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 6, 2019
ISBN13 9781138378841
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 216
Dimensions 234 × 155 × 18 mm   ·   350 g
Language English  

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