Visions of Persia: Mapping the Travels of Adam OleariusHarvard University Press, 2003 - 238 страници This work examines the travel account of a German baroque author who journeyed in search of silk from Northern Germany, through Muscovy, to the court of Shah Safi in Isfahan. Adam Olearius introduced Persian literature, history, and arts to the German-speaking public; his frank appraisal of Persian customs foreshadows the enlightened spirit of the eighteenth century (influencing Montesquieu's Persian Letters as well as Goethe's West-Eastern Divan) and prepares the way for German Romanticism's infatuation with Persian poetry. Brancaforte focuses on the visual and discursive nexus uniting Olearius's text with the numerous engravings that supplement the book. The emphasis falls on contextualized readings of Olearius's decorative frontispieces and his new and improved map of Persia and the Caspian Sea, as expressions of early modern subjectivity. |
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... cartouche whose image portrays Olearius's religious convictions ( in contrast to the 1647 travel account , which depicted Olearius's profile in the cartouche ) . Inscribed within the oval frame of the cartouche is the author's personal ...
... cartouche rep- resent the native population . On the left , a mustachioed nobleman , wearing a cloak and mandil ( or turban ) , grasps the cartouche with his right hand , and with his left holds a bowl above his hand . His legs are ...
... Cartouche Let us turn now to the other strapwork cartouche located at the extreme right side of the Persia map ( Figure 4.13 ) . It contains a Latin inscription , written in italics , that dedicates the work to Duke Frederick III of ...
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ADAM OLEARIUS AND THE JOURNEY TO MUSCOVY AND PERSIA | 1 |
ADAM OLEARIUS AND THE EARLYMODERN FRONTISPIECE | 23 |
ADAM OLEARIUS AND THE PERSIANISCHER ROSENTHAL | 67 |
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