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Record Nr.

UNISA996328044603316

Autore

Wortman Richard

Titolo

Visual texts, ceremonial texts, texts of exploration : collected articles on the representation of Russian monarchy / / Richard Wortman ; book design by Ivan Grave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brighton, Massachusetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61811-855-2

1-61811-358-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Imperial Encounters in Russian History

Classificazione

7,41

KH 1040

Disciplina

929.77

Soggetti

Monarchy - Russia - History

Russia Symbolic representation

Russia Kings and rulers

Russia Politics and government 1689-1801

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Permissions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Texts of Representation -- Part I. CEREMONY AND CEREMONIAL TEXTS -- Part II. THE IMPERIAL MYTH IN ARTISTIC TEXTS -- Part III. EXPLORATIONS AND EMPIRE -- Part IV. INTELLECTUAL HISTORY -- Part V. AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REMEMBRANCES -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Mythology of Empire: Imperial Russian Coronation Albums (With Edward Kasinec) -- Ceremony and Empire in the Evolution of Russian Monarchy -- Signs of Empire: Exotic Peoples at Imperial Russian Coronations -- Publicizing the Imperial Image in 1913 -- Alexei Olenin, Fedor Solntsev, and the Development of a Russian National Esthetic -- Cultural Metamorphoses of Imperial Myth under Catherine the Great and Nicholas.