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This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Bricks hm 2 TTO
CH1. The age of regents and rulers
The Golden Age
sec. 1.3.2 Amsterdam: Centre of world trade

Slide 1 - Slide

Learning objectives
7) I can explain using an example what is special about art in the Golden Age.
8) I can explain why it was not a Golden Age for all inhabitants of the Republic.

I know the terms and dates from this section.

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Video

Famous Dutch painters
Who bought art?
  • Wealthy citizens and city councils commissioned paintings (for example militia pieces).
  • Shopkeepers and craftsmen could afford paintings as well. 
Well-known painters were: Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Frans Hals and Jan Steen.

Slide 4 - Slide

Famous Dutch painters
What kinds of paintings were there?
  • Portraits
  • Cityscapes
  • Landscapes
  • Genre paintings (everyday life)
Special subjects: Paintings with scenes of the everyday life of ordinary people.

Slide 5 - Slide

Rich and poor
Different social layers
  • Rich merchants (regenten)
  • Shopkeepers and craftspeople
  • Workers
  • Poor

Big differences in wealth, power and status.

Slide 6 - Slide

The Golden Age of the Republic lasted from 1568 to 1672.
A
True
B
False

Slide 7 - Quiz

What doesn't match the Golden Age of the Republic?
A
Flourishing art
B
Scientific revolution
C
Growing trade and invention of steam engine
D
Growing trade and industry

Slide 8 - Quiz

What was so special about Dutch art of the 17th century?
A
The figures in paintings did not seem to move.
B
Only kings and nobles were depicted.
C
Topics from everyday life.
D
Topics from the Bible.

Slide 9 - Quiz

In the Republic wealth was shared equally among its population
A
True
B
False

Slide 10 - Quiz

Learning objectives
7) I can explain using an example what is special about art in the Golden Age.
8) I can explain why it was not a Golden Age for all inhabitants of the Republic.

I know the terms and dates from this section.

Slide 11 - Slide

Get to work
What? See whiteboard.
How? Alone 
Help? Ask neighbour. Can't figure it out? Ask teacher. 
Time? Until the end of the lesson. 
Done? Learn terms and dates. Ask teacher. 

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