Schama, Simon

Schama, Simon. Rembrandt s Eyes. New York Knopf, 1999. 

Schama, Simon. 1995. Landscape and Memory. New York Vintage Books. 

Not surprisingly, in contemporary usage or common currency, the ambivalence of alchemy is generally suppressed. For instance, in a book on Rembrandt, the historian Simon Schama, discussing a self-portrait, writes Using a soft-bristled, precisely pointed squirrel-hair brush, the... 

I didn t even admit this to myself, but I used to think that art museums were not worth the bother. 1 thought most of the images could be seen online. Then 1 discovered Mark Rothko through Simon Schama s The Power of Art and 1 repented of my error. After that, 1 drove to the next state just to see an exhibit of Rothko s paintings at the Portland Museum of Art. 1 only regret that I didn t go twice. 

Then I discovered Mark Rothko through. .. Simon Schama. The Power of Art. 2006, Ecco. 

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