Twilight of the Romanovs

A Photographic Odyssey Across Imperial Russia

Philipp Blom, Veronica Buckley

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English

Thames & Hudson
01 February 2013

History; European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000

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. These are snapshots of a vanished world and include many remarkable colour images created using an early three-colour-plate technique which bring the remote past to life with an especially vivid jolt.

The Russian Empire was soon to be destroyed and 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.

The Russian Empire was torn between a rural population living almost medieval lives and the industrial and social change in the cities. The Tsar's gigantic realm struggled with modernity and with its own internal contradictions between Asia and Europe; faith and science; ethnic divisions; and the divergent interests of the aristocracy, the middle classes, the urban workers and the rural poor. This continent of contradictions was captured by authors from Tolstoy to Chekhov, from Gogol to Gorky and Bely.

By: Philipp Blom, Veronica Buckley
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 290mm, Width: 240mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 1.730kg
ISBN: 9780500516683
ISBN 10: 0500516685
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 01 February 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Twilight of the Romanovs: A Photographic Odyssey Across Imperial Russia

'A rare treat to be able to see century-old images in colour … everyone should find something of interest' - Amateur Photographer 'I have never seen a more beautiful book on the tragic dynasty of the Romanovs and the Imperial Russia they ruled over … this book is the nearest thing we have to a time machine to this period … this book is very much a thing of beauty' - Destructive Music.com