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040			_aPMNP _beng _cKutubkhanah Diraja
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100			_93567 _aWortman, Richard
245			_aVisual Texts, Ceremonial Texts, Texts of Exploration: _bCollected Articles on the Representation of Russian Monarchy / _cRichard Wortman
260			_aUSA _b Academic Studies Press _c2014
300			_a442p _c6.5 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
520			_aVisual 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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