The Embarrassment of Riches
The Embarrassment of Riches

Author: Simon Schama

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 9780520061477

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In a brilliantly inventive work, bestselling author Simon Schama explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES throbs with life on every page. 314 photos & illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Dawn of the Golden Age
Dawn of the Golden Age

Author: Wouter T. Kloek

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13: 0300060165

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Designed as a catalogue for an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in 1994, this offers a survey of the paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and applied art produced 1580-1620. The book contains five essays followed by a catalogue which reproduces work from the era along with data on the artists.

Pieter Claesz
Pieter Claesz

Author: Pieter Claesz.

Publisher: Waanders Publishers

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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Peter Claesz's work is noted for the realistic portrayal of the various elements of the still- life, almost to the point of being tangible. This book focuses on the period 1620-1645 in which Claesz developed the still-life to perfection.