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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... important of their gods . During the earliest period of Mithraism , the god Mithra was associat- ed with contracts and oaths . Later , he was identified with the powers of heavenly light , as the enemy of evil and darkness . " With the ...
... importance of this particular map and why is it necessary to study this depiction of Persia in detail ? One of the most significant reasons has to do with Olearius's ... important chapter in the story of the depiction of this body e 109 IV.
... important " Sprachgesellschaften " in Germany were the " Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft " ( Weimar , 1617–1680 ) ; the “ Pegnitzschäfer ” ( Nürnberg , ca. 1644 ) ; the " Teutsch- gesinnte Genossenschaft " ( Hamburg , 1642 ) ; and the ...
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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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