Kilia's sea horizons: the city and its prospects in Nikolaus Kleemann's engraving Kilianova
Journal: Arta
Year: 2026

The publication analyses Nikolaus Kleemann's 18th-century engraving Kilianova, depicting a view of the fortress of Kilia. The author of this article focuses on interpreting the engraving as a visual text. The article emphasizes that historical studies have used the engraving without considering its symbolic content. Special attention is paid to the staffage, compositional techniques and conscious distortions undertaken by the author of the engraving. The author proves in the article that Kiliano