Author: Edward HardingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Costume of the Russian Empire
Author: Edward HardingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Russian Splendor
Author: Dr. Mikhail Borisovich PiotrovskyPublisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847849465
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A stunning volume showcasing the magnificent court dress of the Russian Empire, culled from the authoritative collection at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, photographed with the Winter Palace as a backdrop. Prerevolutionary Russia was renowned for the glamorous and luxurious lifestyles of the nobility, with their opulent palaces and glittering social life. Now, this lavish volume reveals the incredible clothing they wore, from everyday dress and ceremonial attire (traditional holidays outfits and military uniforms) to dress for special occasions, including elaborate evening wear for theater and musical events and fancy masquerade balls. Celebrated for luxurious materials and impeccable craftsmanship, the dress of the Russian nobility was haute couture at its finest. With beautiful photography and details highlighting the hand-spun silks and lace and jeweled embroideries, Russian Splendor highlights the glamour of this gilded age and offers a fascinating window into a vanished world. Essays by Hermitage Museum curators, alongside historic Russian paintings and photographs, place the clothing in a historical context, revealing the rich cultural layers and artistic influences of czarist Russia.
Costumes de L'empire de Russie
Author: William AlexanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Costume of the Russian Empire, Illustrated by a Series of Seventy-three Engravings
Author: Costumes de l'empire de Russie
Author: William AlexanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Empire's New Clothes
Author: Christine RuanePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In 1701 Tsar Peter the Great decreed that all residents of Moscow must abandon their traditional dress and wear European fashion. Those who produced or sold Russian clothing would face "dreadful punishment." Peter's dress decree, part of his drive to make Russia more like Western Europe, had a profound impact on the history of Imperial Russia. This engrossing book explores the impact of Westernization on Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries and presents a wealth of photographs of ordinary Russians in all their finery. Christine Ruane draws on memoirs, mail-order catalogues, fashion magazines, and other period sources to demonstrate that Russia's adoption of Western fashion had symbolic, economic, and social ramifications and was inseparably linked to the development of capitalism, industrial production, and new forms of communication. This book shows how the fashion industry became a forum through which Russians debated and formulated a new national identity.
Costume of the Russian Empire
Author: Russia's People of Empire
Author: Stephen M. NorrisPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253001765
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
This book explores the multicultural world of historical Russia through the life stories of 31 individuals that exemplify the cross-cultural exchanges in the country from the late 1500s to post-Soviet Russia.
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Author: Robert Sears