The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeKnopf, 1987 - 698 pagina's Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators. He tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were slandered by their enemies. "History on the grand scale...An ambitious portrait of one of the most remarkable episodes in modern history."--New York Times "Wonderfully inclusive; with wit and intense curiosity he teases out meaning from every aspect of Dutch seventeenth-century life."--Robert Hughes |
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... called that depends strictly on a way of seeing . " And unless one supposes baskets full of lepers ' rattles or cripples ' crutches to be typically suspended over Jan Steen's kitchen , it should be obvious that very many Dutch paintings ...
... called that depends strictly on a way of seeing . " And unless one supposes baskets full of lepers ' rattles or cripples ' crutches to be typically suspended over Jan Steen's kitchen , it should be obvious that very many Dutch paintings ...
Pagina 73
... called Batavia . His brother Salandus , settling farther west , established " Salando " which in turn became Zeeland . And in honor of their late father , Mitellus , its chief town was called Middelburg . That these deriva- tions should ...
... called Batavia . His brother Salandus , settling farther west , established " Salando " which in turn became Zeeland . And in honor of their late father , Mitellus , its chief town was called Middelburg . That these deriva- tions should ...
Pagina 265
... called the Republic “ a Canaan , but seated in a Bog and overflowing with milk and water instead of honey . ” “ They might well , " he added , " be called the inhabitants of the Promised Land , since they were adept at making promises ...
... called the Republic “ a Canaan , but seated in a Bog and overflowing with milk and water instead of honey . ” “ They might well , " he added , " be called the inhabitants of the Promised Land , since they were adept at making promises ...
Inhoudsopgave
CHAPTER | 51 |
Scripture | 93 |
Stygian fires and aqua fortis | 188 |
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