Nancy S. Kollmann (California Stanford University)

Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In early modern Europe, print culture shaped and disseminated knowledge about Russia through visual means. Using case studies of specific images of Russians in a wide range of publications, Nancy Kollmann explores this vibrant world, tracking how these images were produced, copied and plagiarized across genres, countries and publishers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 682g
• ISBN-13: 9781009418683
• ISBN-10: 1009418688
• Artikelnr.: 69928102

Autorenporträt

Nancy Kollmann is the William H. Bonsall Professor in History at Stanford University. Kollmann's research focuses on Russia in the early modern period, and she holds particular interests in politics, law, empire in action, and the role of the visual. Previous publications include The Russian Empire 1450-1801 (2017) and Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Russia (Cambridge, 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: early modern print culture
Part I. Encountering Russia Visually: 1. Imagery in an ocularcentric century
2. Humanism encounters Russia
Part II. Sigismund von Herberstein: 3. Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii (1549) as humanist chorography
4. Herberstein's use of the visual
Part III. The Muscovy Company Maps Eurasia: 5. The Muscovy company as knowledge network
6. Map as chorography
7. Visuality explodes: Russians in turn of the century sources
8. Adam Olearius: eyewitness extraordinaire
9. Olearius: text and image order the world
Conclusion.