Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture: Interrogating Dutchness and the Golden Age (Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700) - Hardcover

Kehoe, Marsely

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9463723633 ISBN 13: 9789463723633

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

We all look to our past to define our present, but we don’t always realize that our view of the past is shaped by subsequent events. It’s easy to forget that the Dutch dominated the world’s oceans and trade in the seventeenth century when it's cultural imagination conjures up tulips and wooden shoes instead of spices and slavery. This book examines the Dutch so-called “Golden Age” though its artistic and architectural legacy, recapturing the global dimensions of this period by looking beyond familiar artworks to consider exotic collectibles and trade goods, and the ways in which far-flung colonial cities were made to look and feel like home. Using the tools of art history to approach questions about memory, history, and how cultures define themselves, this book demonstrates the centrality of material and visual culture to understanding history and cultural identity.

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About the Author

Marsely L. Kehoe, PhD, University of Wisconsin, is an independent scholar who works in higher education administration. Her research considers early modern Dutch material and visual culture in the colonial context.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9463723633
• ISBN 13: 9789463723633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244