Twilight of the Romanovs : A Photographic Odyssey Across Imperial Russia Hardback
by PHILIPP BLOM, Veronica Buckley
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Twilight of the Romanovs opens a door onto the world of pre-revolutionary Russia in original photographs taken during the last decades of Romanov rule.
They include many remarkable colour images created using an early three-colourplate technique; these bring the remote past to life with an especially vivid jolt.
We discover a world of exceptional diversity, seemingly timeless, almost archaic, marked by persistent poverty, yet also abundantly rich and often surprisingly modern.
These photographs are snapshots of a vanished world.
The Russian Empire was soon to be destroyed, and, in the ensuing blood-soaked decades, rendered unrecognizable.
Yet these images reveal a surprising continuity: despite the subsequent cataclysm, faces, postures, buildings and landscapes still resonate with those who see them a century and more later.
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages, 246 Illustrations, black and white; 114 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication Date:04/03/2013
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- ISBN:9780500516683
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages, 246 Illustrations, black and white; 114 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication Date:04/03/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780500516683