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Journeys through the Russian Empire : the photographic legacy of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky
Title
Journeys through the Russian Empire : the photographic legacy of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky / William Craft Brumfield.
ISBN
147800746X
9781478007463
1478006021
9781478006022
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (518 pages) : illustrations
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"This lavishly illustrated volume features hundreds of full-color images of Russian architecture and landscapes taken by early-twentieth-century photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky juxtaposed against those of contemporary photographer and scholar William Craft Brumfield. Together their images document Russia's architectural, artistic, and cultural heritage."-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
e-Duke books scholarly collection 2020.
Other formats
Print version: Brumfield, William Craft, 1944- Journeys through the Russian Empire. Durham : Duke University Press, 2020
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 08, 2021
Contents
Introduction: An unsentimental journey
Part I: Documenting cultural legacies of an empire. Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky : photographer of an empire
The intertwining fates of two collections : the Prokudin-Gorsky Collection, The Library of Congress; The William Craft Brumfield Collection, National Gallery of Art
Part II: Journeys.The ancient heartland
The West : from Smolensk southward to Ryazan
The Northwest : from Lake Ladoga to the Volga Basin
The Upper Volga Basin : from the Valdai Heights to Torzhok
The Volga from Uglich to Yurevets
From the Ural Mountains into Siberia
Central Asia-Turkestan
North to the Solovetsky Islands
Conclusion: Above the abyss : a reflection on photographs as an instrument of memory.
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