Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration: Collected Articles on the Representation of Russian Monarchy

Richard Wortman

book: Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration

Open Access Published by Academic Studies Press 2014

Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration

Collected Articles on the Representation of Russian Monarchy

Richard Wortman

In the series Imperial Russia

In the series Imperial Encounters in Russian History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618118554

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Visual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration continues the work begun in Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule, which analyzed 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 mobilized the arts through painting, prints, popular pictures (lubki), and even opera. This book examines that artistic culture, focusing on several aspects. Parts I and II analyze imagery and ceremony and their relation to the verbal texts that ascribed and defined their meanings. Part III details the way texts of exploration inspired the explorers who widened Russia’s engagement with the world. Parts IV and V address key texts of intellectual history and reflect on the scholarly and methodological influences on Wortman’s approach to history.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
List of Illustrations Open Access Download PDF	IX
Permissions Open Access Download PDF	XIV
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	XVI
Introduction: Texts of Representation Open Access Download PDF	XVII
Part I. CEREMONY AND CEREMONIAL TEXTS Open Access Download PDF	1
Part II. THE IMPERIAL MYTH IN ARTISTIC TEXTS Open Access Download PDF	99
Part III. EXPLORATIONS AND EMPIRE Open Access Download PDF	251
Part IV. INTELLECTUAL HISTORY Open Access Download PDF	295
Part V. AFTERTHOUGHTS AND REMEMBRANCES Open Access Download PDF	353
Index Open Access Download PDF	397

Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;General/trade;
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- Main content: 468

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Published: August 2, 2016
ISBN: 9781618118554