Our Native Antiquity Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Culture of Russian Modernism |
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| Author:
| Kunichika, Michael |
| Series title: | Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61811-441-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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For Russian modernists in search of a past, there were many antiquities of different provenances and varying degrees of prestige from which to choose. The modernists central to this study located their antiquity in the Eurasian steppes, where they found objects and sites long denigrated as archaeological curiosities. The book follows the careers of two objects - the "Stone Women" and the kurgan, or burial mound - and the attention paid to them by Russian and Soviet archaeologists,...
More DescriptionFor Russian modernists in search of a past, there were many antiquities of different provenances and varying degrees of prestige from which to choose. The modernists central to this study located their antiquity in the Eurasian steppes, where they found objects and sites long denigrated as archaeological curiosities. The book follows the careers of two objects - the "Stone Women" and the kurgan, or burial mound - and the attention paid to them by Russian and Soviet archaeologists, writers, artists, and filmmakers.