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Bilder eines Reiches : Leben im vorrevolutionären Russland
- Title
- Bilder eines Reiches : Leben im vorrevolutionären Russland / herausgegeben von Boris Groys und Peter Weibel = Образы империи : жизнь в дореволюционной России / под редакцией Бориса Гройса и Петера Вайбеля.
- Bilder eines Reiches : Leben im vorrevolutionären Russland / herausgegeben von Boris Groys und Peter Weibel = Obrazy imperii : zhiznʹ v dorevol︠i︡u︠t︡sionnoĭ Rossii / pod redak︠t︡sieĭ Borisa Groĭsa i Petera Vaĭbel︠i︡a.
- Publication
- Heidelberg : Kehrer, 2012.
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- Description
- 397 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book presents previously unpublished photo material that paints a vivid picture of life in the Russian Empire in the 19th century. In the 1860s and '70s the Tsar hired photographers to systematically document various facets of life across the vast Russian realm using the new medium: different classes of society, peoples, landscapes, cities, industrial projects, customs and traditions, wars and prisons. Since photography was mostly used at the time for private or commercial purposes, these pictures represent an interesting special case in social history, functioning in a sense as visual counterparts to the Russian realist literature of that era. Although the documentary projects were supported by official authorities, the photographs nonetheless provide a realistic, illusion-free glimpse of prerevolutionary Russia. The more than 300 photos in this volume, from five Russian museums and two private lenders, are published for the first time, providing insights on a still little-known epoch in the development of the medium of photography.
- Alternative Title
- Образы империи : жизнь в дореволюционной России
- Obrazy imperii : zhiznʹ v dorevol︠i︡u︠t︡sionnoĭ Rossii
- Subjects
- Russia > Civilization > 1801-1917 > Exhibitions
- Russia > Social conditions > 1801-1917 > Exhibitions
- Kalmyks > History > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Russia > History > Alexander II, 1855-1881 > Pictorial works
- Ethnology > Russia > Exhibitions
- Russia > History > Alexander II, 1855-1881 > Exhibitions
- Documentary photography > Russia > 19th century > Exhibitions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- German and Russian.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 13-23167
- ISBN
- 9783868282863
- 3868282866
- OCLC
- 782105725
- Title
- Bilder eines Reiches : Leben im vorrevolutionären Russland / herausgegeben von Boris Groys und Peter Weibel = Obrazy imperii : zhiznʹ v dorevol︠i︡u︠t︡sionnoĭ Rossii / pod redak︠t︡sieĭ Borisa Groĭsa i Petera Vaĭbel︠i︡a.
- Alternate Script for Title
- Bilder eines Reiches : Leben im vorrevolutionären Russland / herausgegeben von Boris Groys und Peter Weibel = Образы империи : жизнь в дореволюционной России / под редакцией Бориса Гройса и Петера Вайбеля.
- Imprint
- Heidelberg : Kehrer, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language
- German and Russian.
- Added Author
- Groĭs, Boris.
- Alternate Script for Added Author
- Гройс, Борис.
- Added Author
- Weibel, Peter.Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 13-23167