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- catalog abstract "From the reign of Peter the Great, Russia's country estates were oases of barbarian splendor and personal freedom in a vast, sparsely settled, and authoritarian land. This lavishly illustrated book is the first in any language to explore fully the vanished world of the Russian country estate. Priscilla Roosevelt brings to life these magnificent aristocratic dwellings, discussing their origins, their design and decoration, the social, family, and cultural life within their walls, and their physical demise after the 1917 revolution. The Bolshevik revolution destroyed both the world of the estate and much of the evidence about it. To recreate this lost world Roosevelt has drawn on many sources - including the physical remains of once-grand manor houses (many photographed for this book), the invaluable diaries and memoirs that chronicle a way of life that was to perish, and the Russian art and literature that estate life produced and in which it was portrayed. Juxtaposing images from art and from the novels of such literary giants as Turgenev and Tolstoy with the real milieu that inspired them, the book is a beautiful and vivid portrait of Russian country life.".
- catalog contributor b8194320.
- catalog coverage "Russia Social life and customs 1533-1917.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "From the reign of Peter the Great, Russia's country estates were oases of barbarian splendor and personal freedom in a vast, sparsely settled, and authoritarian land. This lavishly illustrated book is the first in any language to explore fully the vanished world of the Russian country estate. Priscilla Roosevelt brings to life these magnificent aristocratic dwellings, discussing their origins, their design and decoration, the social, family, and cultural life within their walls, and their physical demise after the 1917 revolution.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-352) and index.".
- catalog description "The Bolshevik revolution destroyed both the world of the estate and much of the evidence about it. To recreate this lost world Roosevelt has drawn on many sources - including the physical remains of once-grand manor houses (many photographed for this book), the invaluable diaries and memoirs that chronicle a way of life that was to perish, and the Russian art and literature that estate life produced and in which it was portrayed. Juxtaposing images from art and from the novels of such literary giants as Turgenev and Tolstoy with the real milieu that inspired them, the book is a beautiful and vivid portrait of Russian country life.".
- catalog description "The aristocratic playground. The Russian noble : from Muscovite to European ; The Golden Age of the Pleasure Palace ; Tatyana's garden : the paradox of estate park design ; A private princedom : the household and its pastimes ; Emerald Thrones and living statues : theater and theatricality on the estate -- The patriarchal enclave. Nests of gentlefolk : patriarchy in the provinces ; Town and country : The rhythms of rural life ; The kingdom divided : lord and serf -- The cultural arcadia. Regiments of artificers : serf artisans and artists ; The kingdom united : orthodoxy, folklore, adn tradition ; Ideal worlds : the idyll of the Russian intelligentsia.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 361 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300055951 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0300072627 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Russia Social life and customs 1533-1917.".
- catalog spatial "Russia.".
- catalog subject "947 20".
- catalog subject "Country life Russia.".
- catalog subject "DK142 .R66 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "The aristocratic playground. The Russian noble : from Muscovite to European ; The Golden Age of the Pleasure Palace ; Tatyana's garden : the paradox of estate park design ; A private princedom : the household and its pastimes ; Emerald Thrones and living statues : theater and theatricality on the estate -- The patriarchal enclave. Nests of gentlefolk : patriarchy in the provinces ; Town and country : The rhythms of rural life ; The kingdom divided : lord and serf -- The cultural arcadia. Regiments of artificers : serf artisans and artists ; The kingdom united : orthodoxy, folklore, adn tradition ; Ideal worlds : the idyll of the Russian intelligentsia.".
- catalog title "Life on the Russian country estate : a social and cultural history / Priscilla Roosevelt ; with photographs by William Brumfield.".
- catalog type "text".