Rarities of These Lands
Claudia Swan · 2021
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"The early years of the seventeenth century saw a great flourishing of Dutch culture. In the arts, this was the era of Vermeer and Rembrandt, as well as the development of a local art market. Commerce extended around the world, with state-sponsored trading companies importing foreign goods. Politically, the Netherlands became the first nation-state in Europe, in 1648. In this book, Claudia Swan considers all these aspects together, examining the material culture of the period-the designed, manufactured, and hand-crafted materials and wares-to show how the Dutch encounter with so-called "exotic" goods played a fundamental role in the country's political formation"--
Book details
- Year
- 2021
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780691213521
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