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Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration
Richard S. Wortman
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Description for Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration
Series: Imperial Encounters in Russian History. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 826.
Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration continues the work begun in Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule, which analysed the interplay between the symbolic representations of Russian monarchs and the legal and institutional instruments of their rule. The articles in this volume examine the texts that, through various media, revealed the myths and scenarios conveying the goals and ideals the monarchy sought to elevate before the elite of the empire and, later, the public at large.
Russian monarchy inhabited a highly visual culture, comprising court ceremonials, parades, public festivities, and celebrations. It mobilised the arts through painting, ... Read more
Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration continues the work begun in Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule, which analysed the interplay between the symbolic representations of Russian monarchs and the legal and institutional instruments of their rule. The articles in this volume examine the texts that, through various media, revealed the myths and scenarios conveying the goals and ideals the monarchy sought to elevate before the elite of the empire and, later, the public at large.
Russian monarchy inhabited a highly visual culture, comprising court ceremonials, parades, public festivities, and celebrations. It mobilised the arts through painting, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Imperial Encounters in Russian History
Number of Pages
468
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781618113474
SKU
V9781618113474
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99-15
About Richard S. Wortman
Richard Wortman (PhD University of Chicago) is James Bryce Professor of History Emeritus at Columbia University. He has also taught at the University of Chicago, where he received his PhD, and at Princeton University. His two-volume study Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy (1995-2000), published by Princeton University Press is devoted to the role of imagery and ... Read more
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