Dutch culture in the Golden Age

✍ Scribed by Price, J. L

• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 286
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The seventeenth century is considered the Dutch Golden Age, a time when the Dutch were at the forefront of social change, economics, the sciences, and art. In Dutch Culture in the Golden Age, eminent historian J. L. Price goes beyond the standard descriptions of the cultural achievements of the Dutch during this time by placing these many achievements within their social context. Price's central argument is that alongside the innovative tendencies in Dutch society and culture there were powerful conservative and reactionary forces at work—and that it was the tension between these contradictory impulses that gave the period its unique and powerful dynamic.

Dutch Culture in the Golden Age is distinctive in its broad scope, examing art, literature, religion, political ideology, theology, and scientific and intellectual trends, while also attending to the high and popular culture of the times. Price's new interpretation of Dutch history...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Context --
Structures and change --
The shape of Dutch culture --
Painting and graphic art --
Literature --
Humanism and the reptile of letters --
Science and technology --
God and truth --
The culture of politics --
The influence of the Dutch Golden Age --
The waning of the Golden Age.

✦ Subjects

Netherlands -- Civilization -- 17th century. Netherlands -- Social conditions -- 17th century. Netherlands -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. Civilization. Intellectual life. Social conditions Netherlands.