ENGLISH

Daily Life in Rembrandt’s Holland

By Paul Zumthor

Book information

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781503622210
DOI
10.1515/9781503622210
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
69 MB (72674830 bytes)
Pages
376\376
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-23 21:59:18

Description

Rembrandt's life coincided with what the Dutch refer to as their "golden age." This engagingly written study presents a rich picture of a dynamic society that had torn itself away from the mediocrity of its past - a stagnant nation of peasants and fishermen - to pursue an overseas empire that led to great financial wealth and a highly sophisticated cultivation of the arts. This classic work first appeared in English translation in 1963. Among the myriad topics covered are homes, gardens, clothing, food, religion, childrearing, education, medicine, sports and games, holidays and celebrations, painters, musicians, writers, the theater, publishing, aristocrats, workers, peasants, the merchant fleet, the armed forces, trading and colonizing companies, fisheries, and the famous Holland dikes.

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