Skip to content

V. V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

V. V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War Hardcover - 1993

by Vahan D. Barooshian


From the publisher

"A pleasure to read. The balance between the fascinating biographical detail and the larger view of the society is always delicately handled. [Barooshian] makes a compelling case for the stature of the man as a critic of war, a rugged individualist, and a most cosmopolitan representative of the great moral traditions of the Russian 19th-century intelligentsia."--Maria Banerjee, Smith College V. V. Vereshchagin, the most popular and famous Russian artist in Western Europe and America in the last quarter of the 19th century, dedicated his life and art to opposing violence. Yet today his personal legacy of peace is forgotten. This biography tells for the first time in English the story of Vereshchagin's courage and tenacity in his struggle against the misery of war. Using historical accounts and the artist's own writings, Barooshian examines Vereshchagin's artistic depiction of war (both historic and contemporary), showing how it underwent a radical transformation in life as well as in art as it matured. He explores the role that war played in the 19th-century idea of progress and devotes one chapter to Vereshchagin's representation of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. To Vereshchagin and others of the intelligentsia, Russian colonial expansion raised ethical dilemmas; their art was frequently at cross-purposes with the state. Barooshian notes the parallels in this regard between Vereshchagin's and Tolstoy's visions of history. While this is a book for scholars of history, politics, and art, general readers as well will discover an absorbing personal story of Vereshchagin's travels, experiences in war, continual problems with money and the Russian autocracy, and dealings with patrons and commercial agents. Vahan D. Barooshian is professor of Russian at Wells College, Aurora, New York. He is the author of Russian Cubo-Futurism, 1910-1930, Brik and Mayakovsky, and The Art of Liberation: Alexander A. Ivanov and has written numerous articles on Russian and Armenian history, poetry, art, politics, literature, and theater.

Details

  • Title V. V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War
  • Author Vahan D. Barooshian
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Florida, Gainesville
  • Date 1993-02
  • ISBN 9780813011783 / 0813011787
  • Reading level 1470
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92032515
  • Dewey Decimal Code 759.7
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

V. V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

V. V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War

by Barooshian, Vahan D.

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780813011783
ISBN 10
0813011787
Quantity Available
1
Seller
San Diego, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$30.02
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
University Press of Florida. CLEAN near fine first edition hardcover with near fine dust jacket. foxing on top edge. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1993.
Item Price
NZ$30.02
NZ$6.74 shipping to USA
V. V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War

V. V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War

by Vahan D. Barooshian

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
1st Edition.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780813011783
ISBN 10
0813011787
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$33.70
NZ$16.81 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Gainsville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 1993 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 198 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. The dust jacket has a tiny crease at the top of the spine and a three inch crease along the side of the rear flap. Fine/Very Good.
Item Price
NZ$33.70
NZ$16.81 shipping to USA
V.V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

V.V. Vereshchagin: Artist at War

by Barooshian, Vahan D.

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very good condition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780813011783
ISBN 10
0813011787
Quantity Available
2
Seller
Readville, Massachusetts, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$38.85
NZ$8.28 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, c1993. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. xvii, 198 p. : illus. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Item Price
NZ$38.85
NZ$8.28 shipping to USA