3.4 Urban culture in the Netherlands

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

URBAN CULTURE

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Learning goals

• How prosperity in the Netherlands led to a thriving culture.
  
• What freedoms there were in the republic
  
• How the republic dealt with migration
  

What can you tell about the influence of the States Bible (King James bible)?

The Night Watch 

beleefdenachtwacht.nl

Why were these people portraited?

Who would buy something like that?

• Elsewhere in Europe princes and nobility.
  
• In the Republic the wealthy bourgeoisie (no or little nobility).
  
• Literature, architecture, etc.

Freedom

• The Republic was reasonably free
  
• Freedom of conscience, not religious freedom
  
• Only Reformed in high positions
  
• tolerated
  
• Atheism prohibited

Migration

Immigration

Emigration

Push and Pull factors

Different migrants in different periods

Migration was very important to the Republic

Getting started yourself

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Dutch Masters

Rembrandt van Rijn

What is a tronie?

1. An English style of portrait
2. A portrait set on a black background
3. An overly expressive painting
4. A portrait with movement

How does the "Girl with the Pearl Earring" differ from much of Vermeer’s other work?

1. He painted mostly scenes of every day life, not portraits
2. He painted mostly men, not women
3. He painted mostly scenes of nature, not people
4. He painted mostly fruit bowls, not portraits

What answer best describes Vermeer’s typical composition?

1. Busy and cluttered
2. Harmonious and balanced
3. Confusing and off-putting
4. Intimidating and isolating

What does chiaroscuro refer to?

1. The way characters are arranged on a canvas
2. The way an artist invites the reader into a painting
3. The way objects far away appear smaller
4. The way an artist uses light and shadow

What economic innovation helped replace traditional patrons in Vermeer’s home town?

1. Socialism
2. Nobility and the Church
3. The Dutch East India Company
4. Industialization

Learning goal

You can explain what is so captivating to Dutch paintings from the 17th century

You can explain why regents wanted to have paintings of themselves

Now: check the exercises of 3.3 and 3.4