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SUMMARY:Signs\, Shops and Imperial Pomp: A Stroll Along Nevskii Prospekt i
 n the Early Nineteenth Century. - Dr Katia Bowers (Department of Slavonic 
 Studies\, University of Cambridge).
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DTEND:20141007T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Duncan Needham
DESCRIPTION:Between 1830 and 1835\, publisher and art patron Andrei Prèvo
 st published a large grayscale lithograph as a scroll. Measuring 23 feet b
 y 10 and a half inches\, the scroll was taken from artist Vasilii Sadovnik
 ov’s late 1820s watercolors depicting Nevskii Prospekt. In its entirety\
 , the scroll faithfully reproduces the grand boulevard in lithograph from 
 Palace Square to the Anichkov Bridge and back. When it was published\, the
  work caused a stir because of the unique look at the city it provided\, a
 llowing viewers across the Russian Empire to “visit” the famous street
  and “take in” its notable sights from their homes. This paper will em
 bark upon just such a “stroll\,” but will focus on the public graphosp
 here depicted therein. While the graphosphere portrayed is limited to a sm
 all segment of the grand street and\, therefore\, is by no means a compreh
 ensive overview of urban space\, this limitation nonetheless proves produc
 tive\, inviting historical digressions and raising a series of initial fra
 ming questions: What can we learn from analysis of this captured graphosph
 ere? What does it omit\, and why? And where do we look for more informatio
 n about the graphosphere in early nineteenth-century Russian urban space? 
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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