| Tsars and Cossacks: A Study in Iconography Contributor(s): Plokhy, Serhii (Author) |
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ISBN: 0916458954 ISBN-13: 9780916458959 Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2003 Annotation: and deepen our understanding of Ukrainian iconography as well as Russian imperial political culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Painting - Art | Subjects & Themes - Religious - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 755.209 |
| LCCN: 2002006859 |
| Series: Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9.12" (0.47 lbs) 102 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
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| Publisher Description: Ukrainian Cossacks used icon painting to investigate their relationship not only with God but also their relationship with the Russian tsar. Could Emperor Peter I and his adversary in the Battle of Poltava (1709)--the Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa--be depicted in the same icon? Why did the Cossack colonels commission icons with the portraits of their tsars, but not of their own Cossack leaders, the hetmans? Could a Catholic king be portrayed in an Orthodox icon? Why are the Russian tsars and Orthodox hierarchs missing on some of the Zaporozhian Cossack icons? In this groundbreaking study, Serhii Plokhy provides answers to these and many other questions pertaining to the political and religious culture of Ukrainian Cossackdom, as reflected in the Cossack-era paintings, icons, and woodcuts. By encouraging the iconography to "speak," Tsars and Cossacks helps to broaden and deepen our understanding of Ukrainian iconography as well as Russian imperial political culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Plokhy, Serhii: - Serhii Plokhy is Mykhailo S. Hrushevs´kyi Professor of Ukrainian History in the Department of History and Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University. |