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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... hand side , while almost the entire left portion depicts the consequences of the attack . What appears to be a page of a book inserted into the left foreground of the engraving shows the front and back bust of a victim — an open- eyed ...
... hand to increase their value . The map is framed by scale bars that , in two - degree increments , show longitude ... hand side , at 36 ° latitude , the flourishes of the italic letter " M " of Mediterraneum are allowed to escape the ...
... hand , and with his left holds a bowl above his hand . His legs are spread apart and his torso turns toward the written inscription of the title , thus conveying a sense of movement . His counterpart , a Persian noblewoman , stands ...
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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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