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Art and Commerce in the Dutch Golden Age (Paperback, New Ed)
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Art and Commerce in the Dutch Golden Age (Paperback, New Ed)
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Loot Price R539
Discovery Miles 5 390
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During the seventeenth century, the Netherlands-a small country
with just two million inhabitants and virtually no natural
resources-enjoyed a "Golden Age" of economic success, world power,
and tremendous artistic output. In this book Michael North examines
the Dutch Golden Age, when Dutch society boasted Europe's greatest
number of cities and highest literacy rate, unusually large numbers
of publicly and privately owned art works, religious tolerance, and
a highly structured and wide-ranging social network. He explores
the reasons for the country's success in trade and industry as it
emerged from the Eighty Years' War against Spain, and the ways that
art played a role in the innovative climate of the times. North
looks at the practical aspects of this Golden Age-the banking
system, demographic changes, and what made such industries as
textiles and shipbuilding so successful. In this period
commercialization not only had far-reaching effects on the economic
life of the Netherlands, it also affected art, as market forces
proved more powerful than patronage for the first time in Europe.
With fascinating information about many artists, including Vermeer,
Frans Hals, and Pieter de Hooch, North considers painting as a
profession, the exhibitions and sales of art works (including the
Dutch lottery system), auctions, and the prices that were paid for
art. He compares the prices of different artistic genres and
studies patterns of picture ownership. Through a close analysis of
the private collection of Rembrandt's money lender, Harman Becker,
North reveals the function served by works of art in Dutch
households. This rich, in-depth view of the Dutch Golden Age will
intrigue all readers with an interest in social, economic, or art
history.
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