2.2 Culture and society in the Dutch Republic

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2.2 Culture and society in the Dutch Republic

Learning goals

1. You can describe what society was like in the Golden Age.

 

2. You can use examples to explain what was typical of the culture of the Dutch Republic.

3. You can explain that here was a scientific revolution in the seventeenth century.

Rich and Poor

Thanks to flourisihing trade 

We call the 17th century the Golden Age. 

For a very small group of wealthy families their power only grew.  

At the bottom of the social strata you had the poor. People without permanent work, the sick and elderly. 

Migration

People came from the outside to the rich province of Holland 

1. Antwerp 

2. People form abroad finding work

Society

Elite

Merchants and Craftspeople 

Workingclass

Poor

Art 

Prosperity in the Golden Age 

also meant that art flourished.

Vermeer 

Rembrant  

Terug in de tijd..  

 

Jan Steen

Johannes Vermeer

Assignment: 

Find 3 paintings that describe the Golden Age for you (VOC, Painting, Slavery, etc.) Hand them in on the next slide.

Hand in your art

Religion and science 

Tolerance 

Calvinist Church had advantages. 

Scientific revolution  

Christiaan Huygens 

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Baruch Spinoza 

Important inventors 

Christiaan Huygens

Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek

Baruch Spinoza