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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... scene in the center , which is flanked by exotic natives standing on plinths . These " natives " can be identified as follows : to the right we find a Russian boyar ( with a servant half hidden behind him ) , who stands above a ...
... scene . Between them a lionskin is suspended . Steps which descend to a lower courtyard in the center of the image lead to a row of squared columns with Corinthian capitals . Above these columns , and enclosed by a balustrade we find ...
... scene takes place in the interior of a masjid ( mosque ) . On the left - hand side ( as on the frontispiece ) , there is a scene of children learning and swaying side to side , while the teacher hits a boy on the soles of his feet with ...
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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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