Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture
Title
Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture
Subtitle
Interrogating Dutchness and the Golden Age
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€ 124,00 excl. VAT
ISBN
9789463723633
Format
Hardback
Number of pages
244
Language
English
Publication date
Dimensions
17 x 24 x 2.1 cm
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Table of Contents
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List of Illustrations
1 Introduction: Grasping at the Past
2 The Gilded Cage: Dutch Global Aspirations
3 Gathering the Goods: Dutch Still Life Painting and the End of the "Golden Age"
4 Dutch Batavia: An Ideal Dutch City?
5 Simplifying the Past: Willemstad’s Historic and Historicizing Architecture
6 Conclusion: The "Golden Age" Today
Works Cited
Acknowledgements
Index

Reviews and Features

"...Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture is an ambitious and far-reaching book. Ranging geographically from Willemstad, Curaçao to Jakarta, Indonesia and Holland, Michigan in the USA, Kehoe interrogates how a practice that she calls 'Dutching' shapes selected works of art, architecture, and material culture from the seventeenth century to the present day."
–Angela Vanhaelen, Sehepunkte , Volume 4, 2024

Marsely Kehoe

Trade, Globalization, and Dutch Art and Architecture

Interrogating Dutchness and the Golden Age

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 our 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.
Author

Marsely Kehoe

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.