This essay critically examines the autobiography of Eduardo Scarpetta, problematizing the idea of the author’s memoir as an authentic confession. Analysing several declarations written by Scarpetta, the study shows how ...

The essay constitutes a first approach to a research project. It focuses on a problem related to an analysis of Andrea Perrucci’s treatise Dell’arte rappresentativa premeditata, ed all’improvviso (1699). In this book ...