{"product_id":"visualizing-russia-in-early-modern-europe-hardback-9781009418683","title":"Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe (Hardback) 9781009418683","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVisualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIlluminates the vibrant world of sixteenth-century print culture by examining the production and dissemination of visual images of Russia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNancy S. Kollmann (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009418683, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e342 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Kollmann expertly demonstrates writers' varying views of Muscovy and its steppes and borderland regions based on their preconceptions and their commitment to obtaining direct (or reliable eyewitness) information rather than relying on tropes … The impressive listing of the primary and secondary sources is the basis for Kollmann's solid conclusions … Recommended.' R. T. Ingoglia, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn early modern Europe, the emergence and development of print culture proved a powerful new method for producing and disseminating knowledge of Russia through visual means. By examining the images of Russia found in travel accounts, pamphlets, maps and costume books, this study demonstrates how the visual shaped a dual understanding of these lands: Russia and Russians were portrayed as familiar, but the steppe and forest frontiers were seen as forbidding and exotic. As these images were reproduced and plagiarized in new formats, so too were their meanings – the idea of Russia was one which constantly shifted across genres, usages, and audiences. Nancy Kollmann examines the techniques harnessed by artists and publishers to suggest the authenticity of their publications, and explores in turn how these complex depictions of Russia contributed to Europeans' understanding of themselves.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: early modern print culture\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Encountering Russia Visually: 1. Imagery in an ocularcentric century\u003cbr\u003e 2. Humanism encounters Russia\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Sigismund von Herberstein: 3. Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii (1549) as humanist chorography\u003cbr\u003e 4. Herberstein's use of the visual\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Muscovy Company Maps Eurasia: 5. The Muscovy company as knowledge network\u003cbr\u003e 6. Map as chorography\u003cbr\u003e 7. Visuality explodes: Russians in turn of the century sources\u003cbr\u003e 8. Adam Olearius: eyewitness extraordinaire\u003cbr\u003e 9. Olearius: text and image order the world\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52463005204760,"sku":"9781009418683","price":25.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009418683i.jpg?v=1785544899","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/visualizing-russia-in-early-modern-europe-hardback-9781009418683","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}