Dutch art in a global age

Abstract

"The seventeenth century has long been considered a 'golden age' for Dutch art, fueled by the Dutch Republic's growth as an economic world power. Nourished by an innovative stock market and burgeoning global trade network, this vibrant economy not only provided artists with a rich context in which to make their art, but also directly influenced the art itself--in its subject matter, materials, meaning, and interpretation. The genre scenes and still lifes that today seem quintessentially Dutch actually project a global vision, and often address the positive and the negative of economic and global expansion. Drawing on the world-renowned collection of Dutch paintings, works on paper, decorative arts, and illustrated books at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this book offers a fresh look at seventeenth-century Dutch art, accompanied by authoritative essays that ask readers to consider the global context in which this work was made."-- On front flap of dust jacket.

Contents

Directors' foreword -- Centering the Global / Christopher D. M. Atkins -- Ships in a Gale on the IJ before the City of Amsterdam / Jeroen van der Vliet -- Valkenisse Ship Model / Pepijn Brandon -- The world at home / Anna C. Knaap -- Still Life with Oysters, Cookies, and Comfits and Landscape with Ruins in Olinda / Mary E. Hicks -- Artists' materials / Rhona MacBeth, Katrina Newbury, Gerri Strickler, and Christine Storti -- Coconut cup / Claudia Swan -- Luxury goods, luxury objects / Courtney Leigh Harris -- The Rotterdam Torah Finials / Simona Di Nepi -- Global citizens / Michele L. Frederick -- Aeltje Uylenburgh / Stephanie S. Dickey -- Maria Schalcken: Self-Portrait in Her Studio / Hanneke Grootenboer -- Printing and publishing in the Dutch Republic / Benjamin Weiss -- The prints of Rembrandt / Katherine Harper -- Expansion at home / Christopher D. M. Atkins -- Map of principal Dutch overseas trade routes 1600-1800 -- Map of the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century -- Notes -- Further reading -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Contributors.