03657nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-031-60335-8 DE-He213 20251030112620.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240709s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031603358 978-3-031-60335-8 10.1007/978-3-031-60335-8 doi DK1-949.5 DJK1-77 HBJ bicssc HIS032000 bisacsh NHQ thema Nedd, Andrew M. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 80248 History and Myth in Pictorial Narratives of the Russian 'Patriotic War', 1812-1914 [electronic resource] / by Andrew M. Nedd. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 273 p. 59 illus., 45 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Art, War, and Empire: A History -- Chapter 3. The Reign of Alexander I: The Myth of National Unity -- Chapter 4. Nicholas I: Tsar, Nobility, and People Against Napoleon -- Chapter 5. Alexander II and Alexander III: Vereshchagin’s 1812 -- Chapter 6. Nicholas II: The Centennial, Art, Spectacle, and Historical Memory -- Chapter 7. Conclusions. This book reveals that the visual narrative of the events of the Russian campaign of 1812 was inextricably linked to Russia's search for national identity and helped to form competing definitions of 'Russianness'. No pre-revolutionary military event was more celebrated in Russian literature and art than the ‘Patriotic War of 1812’, during which Napoleon advanced his Grand Armée into Russia, only to retreat months later in defeat as his army faced starvation and capture during the brutal winter. The works of art that retold the story of 1812 extolled virtues that were represented as inherently Russian: courage, resourcefulness, and unity. Furthermore, these values were increasingly contrasted with those of the foreign invader from the west. While the emphasis is largely on academic painting, this book also explores popular media and memorialization in order to reveal the role that images played in the process of constructing identities in nineteenth-century Russia. Andrew M. Nedd is Professor of Art History at the Savannah College of Art and Design, USA. He specializes in the art of late-imperial Russia, particularly the relationship between art and war, and he has contributed to and edited numerous anthologies in this area. Russia History. 70696 Europe, Eastern History. 70697 Soviet Union History. 70698 Civilization History. 66788 Military history. Art History. 68955 Russian, Soviet, and East European History. 70699 Cultural History. 66790 Military History. Art History. 68957 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031603341 Printed edition: 9783031603365 Printed edition: 9783031603372 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60335-8 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 61453 61453