Het grachtenboek
Author : Paul Spies
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Amsterdam
ISBN :
Author : Paul Spies
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Amsterdam
ISBN :
Author : Freek Schmidt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 1134797044
Passion and Control explores Dutch architectural culture of the eighteenth century, revealing the central importance of architecture to society in this period and redefining long-established paradigms of early modern architectural history. Architecture was a passion for many of the men and women in this book; wealthy patrons, burgomasters, princes and scientists were all in turn infected with architectural mania. It was a passion shared with artists, architects and builders, and a vast cast of Dutch society who contributed to a complex web of architectural discourse and who influenced building practice. The author presents a rich tapestry of sources to reconstruct the cultural context and meaning of these buildings as they were perceived by contemporaries, including representations in texts, drawings and prints, and builds on recent research by cultural historians on consumerism, material culture and luxury, print culture and the public sphere, and the history of ideas and mentalities.
Author : Marco de Waard
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 27,3 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9089643672
Imagining Global Amsterdam gaat over het beeld van Amsterdam in film, literatuur, visuele kunst en in het moderne stedelijke discours, in het bijzonder in de context van de mondialisering. De essays gaan onder andere dieper in op Amsterdam als een lieu de mémoire van de vroeg-moderne wereldhandel. Wat betekent deze herinnering in de hedendaagse cultuur? Waarom verwijzen zo veel contemporaine films en romans naar dit verleden terug? Ook het (inter)nationale imago van Amsterdam als een multicultureel en ultra-tolerant ‘%x;global village’%x; komt aan bod. Waarom is dit beeld zo persistent, en hoe heeft het zich in de loop van de laatste decennia ontwikkeld? Tot slot wordt ingegaan op de vraag hoe mondialiseringsprocessen ingrijpen in de stadscultuur, zoals in het prostitutiegebied op de Wallen en via de erfgoedindustrie. Hoe manifesteert de mondialisering zich in de stad, en welke rol speelt beeldvorming daarbij? Deze bundel vormt een rijk geschakeerd onderzoek naar de relatie tussen Amsterdam, mondialisering en stedelijke beeldvorming. Marco de Waard is als docent literatuurwetenschap verbonden aan het Amsterdam University College.
Author : Russell Shorto
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,50 MB
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0307743756
An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the Center of the World Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesque city of low-slung brick houses lining tidy canals; student travelers know it for its legal brothels and hash bars; art lovers know it for Rembrandt's glorious portraits. But the deeper history of Amsterdam, what makes it one of the most fascinating places on earth, is bound up in its unique geography-the constant battle of its citizens to keep the sea at bay and the democratic philosophy that this enduring struggle fostered. Amsterdam is the font of liberalism, in both its senses. Tolerance for free thinking and free love make it a place where, in the words of one of its mayors, "craziness is a value." But the city also fostered the deeper meaning of liberalism, one that profoundly influenced America: political and economic freedom. Amsterdam was home not only to religious dissidents and radical thinkers but to the world's first great global corporation. In this effortlessly erudite account, Russell Shorto traces the idiosyncratic evolution of Amsterdam, showing how such disparate elements as herring anatomy, naked Anabaptists parading through the streets, and an intimate gathering in a sixteenth-century wine-tasting room had a profound effect on Dutch-and world-history. Weaving in his own experiences of his adopted home, Shorto provides an ever-surprising, intellectually engaging story of Amsterdam.
Author : Irene Cieraad
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081565555X
In a volume that brings together a wide range of disciplines—art history, sociology, architecture, cultural anthropology, and environmental psychology—Irene Cieraad presents a collection of articles that focuses on the practices and symbolism of domestic space in Western society. These essays go beyond the discussion of conventional issues such as aesthetics and social standing. At Home takes an in-depth anthropological look at how different cultures use their homes as a visual model of the culture's social structure.
Author : Abigail Adams
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781555535223
The story of the Adamses as lovers, domestic partners, and patriots comes to life in this collection of their intimate correspondence.
Author : Elisabeth Paling Funk
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1438435975
New Netherland's distinctive regional history as well as the colony's many relationships with Europe and the seventeenth-century Atlantic world are featured in the second collection of papers from the widely praised annual Rensselaerwijck Seminar. Leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic critique and offer the latest research on a dynamic range of topics: the age of exploration, domestic life in New Netherland, the history and significance of the West India Company, the complex era of Jacob Leisler, the southern frontier lands of the colony, relations with New England, Dutch foodways in the Hudson Valley and their use of beer, the endurance of the Dutch legacy into 19th century New York, and contemporary genealogical research on colonial Dutch ancestors. Cogent and informative, these papers are an indispensable source for better understanding the lives and legacies of the long ago New Netherland colony.
Author : André van Os
Publisher : Oxford, England : Clio Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 30,45 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
The Internet editor for the Netherlands Programme Service has compiled annotated entries on primarily English-language works dealing with Amsterdam's history, geography, economy, politics, demographics, and sociocultural aspects of daily living (e.g., customs, education, literature, the media, religion--including Jewish life, and sports). Includes a map of this "cosmopolitan village" and useful addresses. Indexed by author, title, and subject. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Benjamin Roberts
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,26 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9089644024
Sex and Drugs Before the Rock ’n’ Rollis a fascinating volume that presents an engaging overview of what it was like to be young and male in the Dutch Golden Age. Here, well-known cohorts of Rembrandt are examined for the ways in which they expressed themselves by defying conservative values and norms. This study reveals how these young men rebelled, breaking from previous generations: letting their hair grow long, wearing colorful clothing, drinking excessively, challenging city guards, being promiscuous, smoking, and singing lewd songs. Cogently argued, this study paints a compelling portrait of the youth culture of the Dutch Golden Age, at a time when the rising popularity of print made dissemination of new cultural ideas possible, while rising incomes and liberal attitudes created a generation of men behaving badly.
Author : David Freeman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 29,31 MB
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1108278825
Drawing on a wide and rich array of sources, this book explores the nature and extent of Dutch trade and commerce in the Río de la Plata during three decades of the least-studied century (1650–1750) of Spain's rule in the Americas. In doing so, it raises important questions about trade in colonial South America and how it was impacted by the Dutch, suggesting that these transactions were carried out within the confines of the law, contradicting common beliefs among scholars that this trading was not regulated. The book contributes to a growing literature on contraband trade, administration, networks, and corruption while challenging narratives of exclusively Spanish influence on the Americas.