Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe - Couverture rigide

Kollmann, Nancy S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009418688 ISBN 13 : 9781009418683

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

In early modern Europe, the emergence and development of print culture proved a powerful new method for producing and disseminating knowledge of Russia through visual means. By examining the images of Russia found in travel accounts, pamphlets, maps and costume books, this study demonstrates how the visual shaped a dual understanding of these lands: Russia and Russians were portrayed as familiar, but the steppe and forest frontiers were seen as forbidding and exotic. As these images were reproduced and plagiarized in new formats, so too were their meanings – the idea of Russia was one which constantly shifted across genres, usages, and audiences. Nancy Kollmann examines the techniques harnessed by artists and publishers to suggest the authenticity of their publications, and explores in turn how these complex depictions of Russia contributed to Europeans' understanding of themselves.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nancy Kollmann is the William H. Bonsall Professor in History at Stanford University. Kollmann's research focuses on Russia in the early modern period, and she holds particular interests in politics, law, empire in action, and the role of the visual. Previous publications include The Russian Empire 1450-1801 (2017) and Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Russia (Cambridge, 2012).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009418688
• ISBN 13: 9781009418683
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie