The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 8 dec 1997 - 720 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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... given to wildness or ferocious behavior . It is a straightforward nature , without treachery or deceit and not prone to any serious vices except , that is , a little given to pleasure , especially to feasting . The reason for this is ...
... given to wildness or ferocious behavior . It is a straightforward nature , without treachery or deceit and not prone to any serious vices except , that is , a little given to pleasure , especially to feasting . The reason for this is ...
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... given way to the need for ever more rarefied and exquisite decorative effects . Canvases began to glow like jewels , using the play of light on glass and gold ; Ming porcelain or mother - of - pearl , for reflections of radiant ...
... given way to the need for ever more rarefied and exquisite decorative effects . Canvases began to glow like jewels , using the play of light on glass and gold ; Ming porcelain or mother - of - pearl , for reflections of radiant ...
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... given by the French ambassador . 166 At the very bottom of the sink were predikants who had given themselves over to Bacchus and his opperheer , Lucifer . In 1634 Jan Swartenius , the predikant of Erichem , was expelled from his ...
... given by the French ambassador . 166 At the very bottom of the sink were predikants who had given themselves over to Bacchus and his opperheer , Lucifer . In 1634 Jan Swartenius , the predikant of Erichem , was expelled from his ...
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the ... Simon Schama Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1988 |
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the ... Simon Schama Fragmentweergave - 1987 |
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the ... Simon Schama Fragmentweergave - 1987 |
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