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Twilight of the Romanovs

Name: Twilight of the Romanovs
Author: Philipp Blom

Philipp Blom

04 March 2013

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Book Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Among Philipp Blom's other books are To Have and to Hold: An Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting, Encyclopédie, The Vertigo Years: Change and Culture in the West, 1900-1914 and A Wicked Company.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780500516683
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Thames and Hudson, (04 March 2013)
Number of Pages: 248
Weight: 1742 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 290 x 251 x 27 mm
Categories:: History and Archaeology