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"The early years of the seventeenth century saw a great flourishing of Dutch culture. In the arts, this was the era of Vermeer and Rembrandt, as well as the development of a local art market. Commerce extended around the world, with state-sponsored trading companies importing foreign goods. Politically, the Netherlands became the first nation-state in Europe, in 1648. In this book, Claudia Swan considers all these aspects together, examining the material culture of the period-the designed, manufactured, and hand-crafted materials and wares-to show how the Dutch encounter with so-called "exotic" goods played a fundamental role in the country's political formation"--

Art and society --- History --- Netherlands --- Commerce --- Abraham Ortelius. --- Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder. --- Claes Jansz Visscher. --- Cristoffel van den Berghe. --- Dutch Golden Age. --- Dutch art. --- Emanuel de Witte. --- Hendrick Goltzius. --- Jacques Callot. --- Jan Lievens. --- Jan van der Heyden. --- Man in Oriental Clothing. --- Melchior Lorck. --- Michiel Jansz. --- Petrus Plancius, Map of the Moluccas. --- Portrait of Maurits. --- Prince of Orange. --- Rembrandt. --- Robert Peake the Elder. --- Still Life with Flowers in a Vase. --- Vase of Flowers in a Window. --- Vermeer. --- Willem Kalf. --- global art history. --- global history. --- material culture.