This historical masterpiece is an epic account of dutch culture in the golden age of rembrandt and van diem. This is the book that made simon schamas reputation when first published in 1987. Nov 29, 2011 simon schama is university professor of art history and history at columbia university in new york. An interpretation of dutch culture in the golden age schama, simon on. Our innovative calvin lifework program opens wide a students vocational imagination while offering practical, lifelong skills. An interpretation of dutch culture in the golden age simon schama on. The embarrassment of riches by simon schama 9780679781240. In this brilliant work that moves far beyond the conventions of social or cultural history, simon schama investigates the astonishing case of a. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk. Schama historyharvard, author of patriots and liberators. Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived. His television work for the bbc and pbs includes the emmynominated a history of britain and the eightpart series the power of art. He is a university professor of history and art history at columbia university. Mphil cambridge university, 1969 ba cambridge university, 1994.
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These images add a great deal to the immediacy of this attractive book. In the second of three volumes of this magnificently illustrated cultural history, the tiein to the pbs and bbc series the story of the jews, simon schama details the story of the jewish people from 1492 through the end of nineteenth century. The incomparable simon schama star of page, then screen. Born in great britain, schama has taught history at harvard, cambridge, oxford, and columbia universities. Utilizing daytoday accounts of people ordinary and not so ordinary, presenting them in the highly accessible manner. Schama, simon department of history columbia university. Yet his erudite and engrossing study far transcends the interests of only dutch, or art, historians. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, schama recreates in precise detail a nations mental state. Simon schama, for all his irritating wavy head and waggly shoulders when broadcasting, is a writer of grace and verve, one who can engage his audience without ever sounding superior or condescending. In its recommended reading section it naturally included simon schama s classic study of dutch culture, the embarrassment of riches. In the embarrassment of riches simon schama has not set out to rewrite motleys rise of the dutch republic. The second volume of simon schama s epic history is a story of revolution and reaction, of progress and catastrophe. Sir simon schama, university professor of art history and history, was educated at christs college, cambridge and taught at cambridge, oxford, and harvard before coming to columbia in 1993.
In this magnificently illustrated cultural historythe tiein to the pbs and bbc series the story of the jewssimon schama details the story of the jewis. An interpretation of dutch culture in the golden age, new york, alfred a. An interpretation of dutch culture n the golden age. Simon michael schama, cbe born february 1945 is a british historian and art historian. The fourth chapter of simon schamas immensely erudite and compulsively readable book gives a glowing portrait of don joseph in all his glory.
The embarrassment of riches by simon schama waterstones. Like the nineteenth century historians he reveres and the dutch painters he describes, simon schama is a master storyteller whether teaching a packed art history class at columbia university, slogging through a muddy field in an attempt to bring british history to a television audience, or describing the shops and houses of seventeenth century amsterdam, simon schama consistently recreates. An interpretation of dutch culture in the golden age. Simon schamas jewish history is immensely erudite and. 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. An interpretation of dutch culture in the golden age new ed by schama, simon isbn.
A second place philippine centennial literary prize winner, the novel was published in quezon city, philippines by the philippine centennial commission, the university of the philippines press, and the up creative writing center, in celebration of the one hundred years of philippine independence from spain. Simon schama is among the western worlds most widely known historians. Simon schama the bible, for all its riches, is not a. Simon schama is a university professor of columbia university, which is the highest ranking faculty who serve the university as a whole instead of a specific field. His courses have addressed the british empire, english and french art and politics, the gothic. Jun 04, 2010 i recently consulted a guidebook to amsterdam. Schama also wrote widely on art, in such works as rembrandts eyes 1999, and was the art critic of the new yorker magazine in 199598. A conversation with him will range across continents and epochs at breakneck speed, the references to kings, painters, writers and scholars. Schama july 4, 2011 holland seems to have emerged fullblown, just as pallas athena out of the brow of zeus. When i proposed the theme of these inaugural activities keeping. Schamas expertise is history and art history, which is amply demonstrated in this magnificently enjoyable book on dutch golden age.
Focusing his attention on the netherlands during the 17th. Simon schama was born in london in february 1945 into a jewish family both sets of grandparents had fled persecution, one from the remnants of the ottoman empire, the other from lithuania. In its recommended reading section it naturally included simon schamas classic study of dutch. Simon schama recounts moments of high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces. Simon schamas great project continues and the jewish story is woven into the fabric of humanity. The embarrassment of riches, by historian simon schama, is a look at dutch culture during its golden age. He is probably bestknown for the 16part history of britain he made for the bbc, which was watched by millions of viewers and became a bestselling threevolume work, a history of britain 20003. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Simon schama is university professor of art history and history at columbia university in new york.
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