UID:
edocfu_9959677640002883
Format:
1 online resource (1 online resource)
ISBN:
1-4780-0746-X
Content:
"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."--
Note:
Includes index.
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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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Issued also in print.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4780-0695-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4780-0602-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781478007463
