What is ment by the Dutch Golden Age?

VOC and WIC

Dutch merchant went to India, the Far East and America

Lots of dangours

Pirates

War enemies

Diseases

Lack of food

VOC had all Dutch trade in the East

Created in 1602

Merchants worked together

Created an empire of islands

Made trading posts in the East

Founded Jakarta

Had wars with rivals

Huge profit

Pepper

Salt

Other spices

WIC had all Dutch trade in America

Colonies in:

Brazil

Guyana

The Caribean Islands

North America

Sugar

less successful

Holland became the largest importer and distriboter of the World

Everybody had paintings in his/her house

Taste of art was not efected on taste of the:

Kings

Nobles

Church

Calvanists idn't allow paintings in the church

Dutch art has it own way

Painters looked wider than church stories to paint

They specialiced in:

Landscapes

Views of Dutch towns

Ohter pictures of ships and the sea

Portraits

still lifes

flower pieces

Very popular

Lot's of artists

Price went down

Only a few became really famous:

Frans Hals

Vermeer

Albert Cuyp

Adriaen van Ostaden

Their art was even transported to foriegn countries