Art And Commerce In The Dutch Golden Age; Author: North, Michael; Hardback; Book

Author: North, Michael
Hardback; Book; 12 B&w Illustrations
170 pages
Published: June 1997
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300058942
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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 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.Concerned with the Dutch Golden Age, this text explores the reasons for the Netherland's success in trade and industry which resulted in economic success, world power, and tremendous artistic output.