Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Photographic Reproductions ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE. THE LABYRINTH: COGNITION AND TRAGIC IMAGINATION
8. 1 Francesco di Assist: The Medieval Chronicle and the Establishing of Physical Reality 17
9. 2. Realism against Illusion: The Ceremonial Divestiture of Power in Galileo 37
10. 3. Metaphors of Revolt: The Dialogic Silence in I cannibali 57
11. PART TWO. THE TRANSGRESSIVE GAZE: STYLE AS TENSION
12. 4. Toward a Negative Mythopoeia: Spectacle, Memory, and Representation in The Night Porte 81
13. 5. Staging the Gaze: Beyond Good and Evil 116
14. 6. Theatricality and Reflexivity in The Berlin Affair 140
15. PART THREE. METAPHORS OF VISION
16. 7. The Architectonics of Form: Francesco and Milarepa 161
17. 8. The Essential Solitude: A Conclusion 188
18. Notes 195
19. Filmography 251
20. Bibliography 259
21. Index 305