B19179

International standard book number

0674011937

Shelfmark

I.Kes

Title

Russia engages the world, 1453-1825 edited by Cynthia Hyla Whittaker with Edward Kasinec and Robert H. Davis, Jr.

Publication, distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. London :, Harvard University Press,, 2003.

Physical description

xvi, 208p :, ill. ;, 28cm.

Note

Published in association with the exhibition Russia engages the world, 1453-1825, at The New York Public Library's Humanities and Social Sciences Library, 3 October, 2003 to 31 January, 2004.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted contents note

Contents: This text was created by a team of leading historians in collaboration with the New York Public Library, tracing Russia's development from an insular, medieval, liturgical realm centered on Old Muscovy, into a modern, secular, world power embodied in cosmopolitan St. Petersburg. Featuring eight essays and 120 images from the Library's distinguished collections, it is both an engagingly written work and a striking visual object. Anyone interested in the dramatic history of Russia and its extraordinary artifacts will be attracted by this book. Before the late 15th century, Europeans knew virtually nothing about Muscovy, the core of what would become the "Russian Empire". The rare visitor - merchant, adventurer, diplomat - described an exotic, alien place. Then, under the powerful tsar Peter the Great, St. Petersburg became the architectural embodiment and principal site of a cultural revolution and the port of entry for the Europeanization of Russia. From the reign of Peter to that of Catherine the Great, Russia sought increasing involvement in the scientific advancements and cultural trends of Europe. Yet Russia harbored a certain dualism when engaging the world outside its borders, identifying at times with Europe and at other times with its Asian neighbours. The essays are enhanced by images of rare Russian books, illuminated manuscripts, maps, engravings, watercolours and woodcuts from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, as well as the treasures of diverse minority cultures living in the territories of the Empire or acquired by Russian voyagers. These materials were also featured in an exhibition of the same name, mounted at the New York Public Library in the fall of 2003, to celebrate the tercentenary of St. Petersburg.

Provenance

Given to Eton College Library by Nicholas Kessler in 2008.

Binding

Publisher's grey and red cloth binding.

Subject

History, Russia.

Subject

Russia (Place), History.

Added entry--name

Kessler, Nicholas E

Added entry--name

Whittaker, Cynthia H.

Added entry--name

Kasinec, E.

Added entry--name

Davis, Robert H.

Added entry--place

United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge.

Added entry--place

England, London.

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