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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... thought nothing of alluding to still lifes or genre paintings when trying to evoke a particular set of customs or some items of the national diet . To exploit the bottomless riches of Dutch art — not merely panels and canvases , but ...
... thought nothing of alluding to still lifes or genre paintings when trying to evoke a particular set of customs or some items of the national diet . To exploit the bottomless riches of Dutch art — not merely panels and canvases , but ...
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... thought that no harm could come of it , however much was drunk . Eight to ten cups a day he thought the minimum for one's health , and fifty to two hundred cups perfectly reasonable.89 He himself followed his own counsel so literally ...
... thought that no harm could come of it , however much was drunk . Eight to ten cups a day he thought the minimum for one's health , and fifty to two hundred cups perfectly reasonable.89 He himself followed his own counsel so literally ...
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... thought that copulation affected the quality of the milk ) and steer clear of wine and eau - de - vie . Beer , on the other hand , especially brown ale like Rotterdam or Weesper ale , was commended as nutritious . Buttermilk and whey ...
... thought that copulation affected the quality of the milk ) and steer clear of wine and eau - de - vie . Beer , on the other hand , especially brown ale like Rotterdam or Weesper ale , was commended as nutritious . Buttermilk and whey ...
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CHAPTER | 51 |
Scripture | 93 |
Stygian fires and aqua fortis | 188 |
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