Hercules At The Crossroads
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Notes On Hercules At The Crossroads
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Author : Erika Tietze-Conrat
language : en
Publisher:
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Notes On Hercules At The Crossroads written by Erika Tietze-Conrat and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Hercules At The Crossroads
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Author : Ronald G. Witt
language : en
Publisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press
Release Date : 1983
Hercules At The Crossroads written by Ronald G. Witt and has been published by Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) categories.
"Based upon two decades of research in European libraries and archives, this book constitutes the first complete biography of the humanist [Coluccio Salutati] about whom more is known than about any other historical personality down to the sixteenth century. Set against the background of twelfth-to early fifteenth century European intellectual history, Witt's analysis provides fresh and exciting insights into the relationship of Christian doctrine and piety, scholastic logic and philosophy, and medieval French and Italian literary currents to early Italian humanism."--Book Jacket.
Baroque Self Invention And Historical Truth
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Author : Christopher Braider
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-02
Baroque Self Invention And Historical Truth written by Christopher Braider and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
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.
The Hero S Life Choice Studies On Heracles At The Crossroads The Judgement Of Paris And Their Reception
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Author : Malcolm Davies
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-09-04
The Hero S Life Choice Studies On Heracles At The Crossroads The Judgement Of Paris And Their Reception written by Malcolm Davies and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Two allegorical ancient Greek stories about a young hero’s career- defining choice are shown in this book to have later been appropriated to radically differing effects. E.g. a male’s choice between female personifications can morph into a female’s choice between the same, or between various male personifications. Never before have so many instances of this process from art, literature, music, even landscape gardening, been culled. Illustrations, mainly colour, many brought into this context for the first time, are conveniently incorporated into the text, thus mimetically mirroring a central theme of the book, the process of ‘visualising the verbal, verbalising the visual.’
Commodus
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Author : O. Hekster
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-15
Commodus written by O. Hekster and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with History categories.
The emperor Commodus (AD 180-192) has commonly been portrayed as an insane madman, whose reign marked the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Indeed, the main point of criticism on his father, Marcus Aurelius, is that he appointed his son as his successor. Especially Commodus’ behaviour as a gladiator, and the way he represented himself with divine attributes (especially those of Hercules), are often used as evidence for the emperor’s presumed madness. However, this ‘political biography’ will apply modern interpretations of the spectacles in the arena, and of the imperial cult, to Commodus' reign. It will focus on the dissemination and reception of imperial images, and suggest that there was a method in Commodus’ madness.
Outside Ethics
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Author : Raymond Geuss
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
Outside Ethics written by Raymond Geuss and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with Philosophy categories.
Outside Ethics brings together some of the most important and provocative works by one of the most creative philosophers writing today. Seeking to expand the scope of contemporary moral and political philosophy, Raymond Geuss here presents essays bound by a shared skepticism about a particular way of thinking about what is important in human life--a way of thinking that, in his view, is characteristic of contemporary Western societies and isolates three broad categories of things as important: subjective individual preferences, knowledge, and restrictions on actions that affect other people (restrictions often construed as ahistorical laws). He sets these categories in a wider context and explores various human phenomena--including poetry, art, religion, and certain kinds of history and social criticism--that do not fit easily into these categories. As its title suggests, this book seeks a place outside conventional ethics. Following a brief introduction, Geuss sets out his main concerns with a focus on ethics and politics. He then expands these themes by discussing freedom, virtue, the good life, and happiness. Next he examines Theodor Adorno's views on the relation between suffering and knowledge, the nature of religion, and the role of history in giving us critical distances from existing identities. From here he moves to aesthetic concerns. The volume closes by looking at what it is for a human life to have "gaps"--to be incomplete, radically unsatisfactory, or a failure.
The Cambridge Companion To Ben Jonson
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Author : Richard Harp
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-11-30
The Cambridge Companion To Ben Jonson written by Richard Harp and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-30 with Drama categories.
An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.
Theological Dictionary Of The New Testament
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Author : Gerhard Kittel
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 1985-07-10
Theological Dictionary Of The New Testament written by Gerhard Kittel and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-07-10 with Reference categories.
Geoffrey W. Bromiley has abridged this monumental theological dictionary into a convenient, one-volume edition that is accessible to all readers.
Lucas Cranach The Elder
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Author : Bonnie Noble
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2009
Lucas Cranach The Elder written by Bonnie Noble and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
Law and gospel and the strategies of pictorial rhetoric -- The Schneeberg altarpiece and the structure of worship -- The Wittenberg altarpiece : communal devotion and identity -- Holy visions and pious testimony: Weimar altarpiece -- Public worship to private devotion : Cranach's Reformation Madonna panels.
Iconography Propaganda And Legitimation
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Author : Allan Ellenius
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1998
Iconography Propaganda And Legitimation written by Allan Ellenius and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.
Representations of political power play an important role in Western art history from the late Middle Ages up to modern times. This volume by leading experts is a wide-ranging survey of significant trends in the development of political imagery.