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Courtly Gifts and Cultural Diplomacy: Art, Material Culture, and British-Russian Relations

Courtly Gifts and Cultural Diplomacy: Art, Material Culture, and British-Russian Relations

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Series: Russian History and Culture, Book 24

Art HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 3506793764
ISBN13: 9783506793768
Publisher: Brill Schoningh
Published: Apr 14 2023
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.85
Language: English
Courtly Gifts and Cultural Diplomacy explores the history of British-Russian state relations from the perspective of art and material culture. This richly illustrated book presents manifold practices of courtly gift-giving and vivid case studies of British-Russian artistic diplomacy over the centuries. It traces a visual and material history of cross-cultural dialogue that starts with an early English map of Russia made in the 16th century and ends with gifts of Fabergé art objects and domestic photographs exchanged between the British royal family and the family of Tsar Nicholas II in late Imperial Russia. Twelve expert authors from academia, the arts, and the museum sectors in Britain, Russia, Australia, and the United States present new narratives and critical interpretations based on material from previously unexplored archives. Their diverse approaches reveal the importance of artistic diplomacy and the agency of gifts of art and material culture in courtly and state relations.

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