The unseen world : the Netherlands and India from 1550 / Jos Gommans
Author(s): Gommans, Jos J. L.
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- The unseen world : the Netherlands and India from 1550
- Author(s)
- Gommans, Jos J. L.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum ; Nijmegen : Uitgeverij Vantilt, 2018.
- Collation
- 265 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
26 cm. - Series Title
- Rijksmuseum country series
- Summary
- The Netherlands and India both experienced a period of economic and cultural prosperity in the seventeenth century. During this shared Golden Age both countries became profoundly influenced by increasing globalization and developed into large global empires. Thanks to the Dutch East India Company (VOC), the two countries met and intensive interaction developed. While the Indian textile caused a small revolution in the Dutch pattern of consumption, the VOC contributed to the monetary stability of the Indian Mogul Empire with its precious metals. In addition to trade contacts, there was an intellectual undercurrent that had connected the countries for centuries: the hidden world of the Neoplatonic imagination that brought about a remarkable artistic similarity between Dutch and Indian artists.
- ISBN
- 9789460043741
- Dewey Class
- 949.2
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- India.
- BRN
- 9193
Availability
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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949.2 GOM
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