Item Summary

At the heart of the History Layers section lies an exploration of time and memory. The project presents three superimposed visual strata, each offering a distinct perception of place and historical event.

The first layer consists of archival battle maps from key sites of World War II, near Königsberg, Moscow, and Stalingrad, tracing the strategic contours of conflict. The second layer reveals the contemporary urban landscape, shaped by global processes of modernization and viewed through the lens of digital mapping technologies such as Google Street View. The third layer features wartime photographs taken from ground level at these same locations, anchoring memory in lived experience.

Together, these layers invite reflection on how places are remembered, reimagined, and reinterpreted across time, where historical cartography, digital mediation, and photographic evidence converge to form a complex visual archive.

Descriptive Information

Title
History Layers - 1-5
Sort Title
history layers - 1-5
Creator of work
Liankevich, Andrei
Language
Belarusian
English
Date Created
2013
Format
Photographs
Series
Goodbye, Motherland
Rights Statement
In Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Arts and culture
Photography
History
Local history
Politics and government
World War, 1939-1945
Geographic Subject
Belarus
Geographic Origin
Belarus

Physical Characteristics

Height
70
Width
100
Page Count
5
File Count
5

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton Slavic Collections
Box number
Digital box #1
Folder number
391-395
Barcode
00000000000000
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/8e9e0b19-866a-441d-84de-6f8f245567c6/manifest