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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... natural sciences at the University of Leipzig . In addition , his facility for learning languages made him a good choice to chronicle the jour- ney . The entire mission described by Olearius lasted from 1633-1639 and was comprised of ...
... analogy is established : God teaches humans by means of natural wonders . In turn , adults ( read : males ) instruct children by observer ―― means of words and images , thus creating yet another 24 VISIONS OF PERSIA e .
... natural wonders and reading the " Wunderbuch " ( Book of Wonders ) , a person desiring knowledge may come closer to understanding the works of God . In like fashion , a frontispiece acts as a visual microcosm of the larger book 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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