The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850 by Simon Franklin ART models and drawings are placed

models and drawings are placed alongside propaganda posters

and stories today commonly suggest that nature is thriving there

this book is an equally beneficial companion for the journey through space (in the context of the geographical area of modern Ukraine) and hitchhiking through time (in terms of Ukrainian cultural history)

and social-economic conservatism in Russia

are cousins

The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850 by Simon Franklin ART models and drawings are placedThe 'graphosphere' is the dynamic space of visible words. Graphospheres mutate, they are reconfigured with changes in technology, in modes of production, in social structures, in fashion and taste. The graphospheric environment can be public or private, monumental or ephemeral. This book explores a new approach to the study of writing, with a focus on Russia during its 'long early modernity' from the late fifteenth century to the early nineteenth