LEADER 03745nam 22006375 450 001 9910872183603321 005 20240709132230.0 010 $a9783031603358$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031603341 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-60335-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31522066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31522066 035 $a(CKB)32704654200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-60335-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932704654200041 100 $a20240709d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHistory and Myth in Pictorial Narratives of the Russian 'Patriotic War', 1812-1914 /$fby Andrew M. Nedd 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (279 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Nedd, Andrew M. History and Myth in Pictorial Narratives of the Russian 'Patriotic War', 1812-1914 Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9783031603341 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Art, War, and Empire: A History -- Chapter 3. The Reign of Alexander I: The Myth of National Unity -- Chapter 4. Nicholas I: Tsar, Nobility, and People Against Napoleon -- Chapter 5. Alexander II and Alexander III: Vereshchagin?s 1812 -- Chapter 6. Nicholas II: The Centennial, Art, Spectacle, and Historical Memory -- Chapter 7. Conclusions. 330 $aThis book reveals that the visual narrative of the events of the Russian campaign of 1812 was inextricably linked to Russia's search for national identity and helped to form competing definitions of 'Russianness'. No pre-revolutionary military event was more celebrated in Russian literature and art than the ?Patriotic War of 1812?, during which Napoleon advanced his Grand Armée into Russia, only to retreat months later in defeat as his army faced starvation and capture during the brutal winter. The works of art that retold the story of 1812 extolled virtues that were represented as inherently Russian: courage, resourcefulness, and unity. Furthermore, these values were increasingly contrasted with those of the foreign invader from the west. While the emphasis is largely on academic painting, this book also explores popular media and memorialization in order to reveal the role that images played in the process of constructing identities in nineteenth-century Russia. Andrew M. Nedd is Professor of Art History at the Savannah College of Art and Design, USA. He specializes in the art of late-imperial Russia, particularly the relationship between art and war, and he has contributed to and edited numerous anthologies in this area. 606 $aRussia$xHistory 606 $aEurope, Eastern$xHistory 606 $aSoviet Union$xHistory 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aMilitary history 606 $aArt$xHistory 606 $aRussian, Soviet, and East European History 606 $aCultural History 606 $aMilitary History 606 $aArt History 615 0$aRussia$xHistory. 615 0$aEurope, Eastern$xHistory. 615 0$aSoviet Union$xHistory. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary history. 615 0$aArt$xHistory. 615 14$aRussian, Soviet, and East European History. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 24$aMilitary History. 615 24$aArt History. 676 $a947 700 $aNedd$b Andrew M$01744498 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910872183603321 996 $aHistory and Myth in Pictorial Narratives of the Russian 'Patriotic War', 1812-1914$94174481 997 $aUNINA