Book contents
- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe
- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Encountering Russia Visually
- Part II Sigismund von Herberstein
- Part III The Muscovy Company Maps Eurasia
- Part IV Visuality Explodes
- Part V Adam Olearius
- 8 Adam Olearius: Eyewitness Extraordinaire
- 9 Olearius: Text and Image Order the World
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Adam Olearius: Eyewitness Extraordinaire
from Part V - Adam Olearius
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2024
- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe
- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Encountering Russia Visually
- Part II Sigismund von Herberstein
- Part III The Muscovy Company Maps Eurasia
- Part IV Visuality Explodes
- Part V Adam Olearius
- 8 Adam Olearius: Eyewitness Extraordinaire
- 9 Olearius: Text and Image Order the World
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 introduces Adam Olearius, resident scholar at the court of Schleswig-Holstein in the first half of the seventeenth century. His account of travels through Russia to Persia, published first in 1647 and revised and enlarged for an edition of 1656, supplanted Herberstein and continued to be the most influential resource on Russia for a century. This chapter explores how Olearius designed his copiously illustrated book and how he conducted his research, personally visiting sites, collecting material objects and interviewing anyone and everyone in the many languages he mastered. It concludes by analyzing his lengthy travel account as a “Baroque novel” and a morality tale.
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- Visualizing Russia in Early Modern Europe , pp. 193 - 218Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024