Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintings

Traces the life and career of the seventeenth-century painter, shows all of his works, and offers a fresh analysis of each painting

SCHWARTZ, Gary

Arts & Photography

Penguin??Books

By the late 1970s, drugs, blue jeans, rock and roll, and sexual precocity appeared to be all that remained of the cultural ferment of the 1960s. In this classic new study of high school-aged youth in the eartly 70s, Gary Schwartz reveals subtle yet significant changes in the style of deviance in adolescent culture. He argues that a new sort of peer-group pluralism emerged from the counter-culture movement of the 60s, a deviance defined less by persistent violations of the law than by disengagement from traditional images of success and civic responsibility.

Beyond Conformity or Rebellion: Youth and Authority in America

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

University of Chicago Press

In this penetrating study of urban religion, Gary Schwartz examines the nature of the relationship between religious belief and the social order. He shows how a person's experience in the social hierarchy shapes his response to competing religious ideologies and, in turn, how commitment to a particular sect ideology colors his attitude toward mundane affairs. The author studied and compared a Pentecostal group and a Seventh-day Adventist group in preparation for this work. The question which stimulated the investigation can be stated as a paradox. In the Adventist case, why should persons who firmly believe that God is soon to destroy the world work so diligently and against formidable odds to improve their own secular fortunes? In the Pentecostal case, why should persons who believe that God is available for direct aid in every human contingency not use this power for their own advancement? In theorizing about the relationship between an individual's position in the socioeconomic system and his sect affiliation, Mr. Schwartz asserts that the specifically ideological component of a creed resides in the ways in which believers conceptualize the meaning of secular problems. The study as a whole attempts to reveal what makes a special set of beliefs attractive to a person grappling with certain secular exigencies, and how these beliefs affect his view of secular matters. It develops a model of a religious ideology applicable to any study of the relationship between cultural symbols and social structure.

Sect Ideologies and Social Status

Sociology

The University of Chicago Press

Rembrandt was a painter and draftsman of undisputed genius, but what was he like as a person? The mystery of the moody and inspired Rembrandt continues to fascinate. Gary Schwartz tells the story of Rembrandt the man, artist, and legend in lively and accessible language. He introduces us to the people who inspired the artist: patrons, wives, and lovers, and his son Titus, who died tragically young. And Schwartz recounts the sorrowful and impoverished circumstances of the artist’s last years. Rembrandt’s fascinating art remains, enriching the biographical details of his life through its subject matter and its development from the polished sophistication of his early years in Amsterdam to the deep soul-searching of the late works.This attractive and accessible book is the ideal introduction for students and all art lovers.

Meet Rembrandt: Life and Work of the Master Painter

History & Criticism

Rijksmuseum

A biography which sheds new light on the career of the world famous painter, Gary Schartz who studied art history at New York University

Rembrandt's Universe (Hardback) /anglais

Reference

Thames&Hudson

Rembrandt's Universe (Paperback) /anglais

Dutch art historian Lodewijk Altstad attempts to save his floundering career as an international dealer in old masters by putting a family heirloom on the market, only to become involved with a customer who has overextended his credit with a loan shark who has Mafia connections

Bets and Scams: A Novel of the Art World

Literature & Fiction

United States

Marion Boyars

When art collector and real estate speculator Mitchell Fleishig's Beverly Hills business collapses leaving him deeply in debt to the Mafia, he concocts a scheme to have Lodewijk Alstad, his Dutch art dealer, front him a 17th-century masterpiece. Fleishig's plan--have a hit man eliminate Alstad, sell the painting, pay off the Mafia and live happily ever after. Which means Alstad must avoid death, rescue the painting, and somehow find a way to save Fleishig from the Mob. Schwartz, an art historian who lives in the Netherlands provides an entertaining behind-the-scenes look at the often devious world of art sellers and buyers.

Bets And Scams: A Novel of the Art World

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Love and Commitment (Sociological Observations)

This useful book is a single source of guidelines required by the editors of 101 nursing journals. The purpose is to provide information about nursing journals for people who are submitting manuscripts for publication.

Merten, Don

Sage Publications, Inc.

Discusses the life of the Dutch artist and explores his complex works.

First Impressions: Hieronymus Bosch

Harry N. Abrams

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