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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... embassy to the Shah's capital in Isfahan ; Brüggemann was to lead it , accompanied by the doctor and poet Paul Fleming ( 1609-1640 ) , along with approximately one hundred support personnel . Adam Olearius , was chosen to chronicle the ...
... embassy returned to Germany in 1639 , a Persian delega- tion was sent by Shah Safi to Gottorf . The Persian embassy arrived in Holstein in order to discuss details of the proposed agreement , express the Shah's friendship to the Duke ...
... embassy representing the Duke of Holstein re- ceives the cursory comment of " a visit by Westerners . " 151 152 Although examples of Persian painting from around this time - period do portray Europeans ( as well as the influence 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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