A Russian Paints America

The Travels of Pavel P. Svin'in, 1811-1813

Pavel P. Svin'in, Marina Swoboda, William Benton Whisenhunt (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2008
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7735-3414-8 (ISBN)

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Pavel Petrovich Svin'in (1787/88-1839) was a painter, diplomat, and journalist who spent two years as part of the first Russian diplomatic mission to the United States. Soon after returning to Russia, Svin'in published a travel narrative of his experiences. This work offers an English translation of Svin'in's memoir.

Marina Swoboda, co-editor of Old Testament Apocrypha in the Slavonic Tradition, is the author of numerous articles in the field of early Russian literature and cultural history. William Benton Whisenhunt, professor of history, College of DuPage, is the

Acknowledgments; A Note on the Translation Introduction / Christopher Ely; The Beginnings of Russian-American Diplomatic Relations / William Benton Whisenhunt; A Biography of Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 17871839 / William Benton Whisenhunt; Travel in North America and the Genre of the Picturesque Journey / Marina Swoboda; A Picturesque Voyage through North America / Pavel P. Svinin Translated by Marina Swoboda Appendix: Observations of a Russian in America: A Look at the Free Visual Arts in the United States of America Pavel P. Svinin Translated by Marina Swoboda Additional Watercolours of North America by Pavel P. Svinin Notes; Bibliography; Index

Zusatzinfo	colour illustrations
Verlagsort	Montreal
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10	0-7735-3414-8 / 0773534148
ISBN-13	978-0-7735-3414-8 / 9780773534148
Zustand	Neuware