Cracraft, James - The Petrine Revolution in Russian Imagery

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1997. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, illustrated dust jacket, 375 pp, illustrated in bw and color illustrations. "The Petrine Revolution in Russian Imagery is the second volume of James Cracraft's comprehensive study of the cultural revolution engineered in Russia by Peter the Great. Throughout the study, Cracraft explores how medieval Muscovy became modern Russia, and situates the Petrine revolution in Russian visual and verbal culture in its wider political, economic, and social settings." "In this second volume, Cracraft considers the impact of Peter's intensive program of Europeanization on the visual arts, and shows how modern forms of imagery come into being in Russia along with allied techniques of image-making."-- Jacket. Good+ DJ, VG book (Ex art library with sticker on rear pastedown; DJ is lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged and has tape remnants on spine; boards are edgeworn/bumped; interior is clean; binding is solid.) .

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