DUTCH ART AND URBAN CULTURES, 1200

Traditionally Dutch art is seen and presented as a coherent phenomenonthe product of state formation in the late 16th century. Elis abeth de Bièvre challenges this view and its assumptions in a radical new account. Arguing that the Dutch Golden Age was far from un ified, de Bièvre exposes how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped each urban development and, in turn, fundament ally informed the art and visual culture of individual cities. In seven chapters, each devoted to a single city, the book follows th e growth ...[Read more]