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A Russian Paints America: The Travels of Pavel P. Svin'in, 1811-1813

A Russian Paints America: The Travels of Pavel P. Svin'in, 1811-1813

Svin'in, Pavel
Swoboda, Marina
Whisenhunt, William

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Art HistoryGeneral United States

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ISBN10: 0773534148
ISBN13: 9780773534148
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Oct 17 2008
Pages: 230
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

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.

A Russian Paints America presents the first complete English translation of Svin'in's fascinating memoir. Thirty-one original watercolours complement his provocative views on topics such as slavery, religion, politics, and the fine arts. Introductory essays by Marina Swoboda and William Whisenhunt examine Russian-American relations, consider Svin'in's life and particular role in Russian history, and set his work in the context of the genre of picturesque travel - Svin'in clearly did not set out to produce a scholarly account of the United States but a work of literature, at a time when Russian literary language was in its earliest stages of development.

Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of official Russian-American relations, A Russian Paints America is a distinctive work of interdisciplinary and transnational scholarship that provides a compelling picture of the political and cultural environment in Russia and America in the early nineteenth century.

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