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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wortman, Richard, author.

Contributor:

Grave, Ivan, book designer.

Series:

Imperial encounters in Russian history.

Imperial Encounters in Russian History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monarchy--Russia--History.

Monarchy.

Russia--Symbolic representation.

Russia.

Russia--Kings and rulers.

Russia--Politics and government--1689-1801.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Academic Studies Press 2014

Brighton, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 19, 2014).

ISBN:

9781618118554

1618118552

9781618113580

1618113585

OCLC:

922977952