BAROQUE SELF-INVENTION AND HISTORICAL TRUTH: HERCULES AT THE CROSSROADS.

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"In his 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."--Jacket.

subjects: Hercules (roman mythology),  Identity (philosophical concept),  Truth,  History in art,  Art, baroque,  Paul, the apostle, saint, art,  Susanna, saint, -approximately 295,  Carracci, annibale, 1560-1609,  Baroque Art,  Art and history,  Art baroque,  Art et histoire,  ART,  History,  General