3.5: Living the good life and showing it

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3.5: Living the good life and showing it

Learning Goal: You can explain how people showed their prosperity.

Course words

          Type in the meaning of the 3 words in the following slide

Give the meaning of the following words:
1. prosperity
2. merchants
3. governors

What do you remember about the lessons before the Holiday?

What do you already know about the wealth and how it was shown in the Golden Age?

Nicolaas Tulp

Video "het verhaal van Amsterdam 'Jong en vol dromen'": 29:33- 31:32

The anatomic lesson by Nicolaas Tulp made by Rembrandt

Why do you think Nicolaas Tulp commissioned a painting by Rembrandt?

Paintings

Rich merchants and regents comissioned paintings, Goal: Show off their wealth. Examples: Rembrandt, Frans Hals.

Also 'normal' people could afford less expensive paintings because of prosperity in the Dutch Republic.

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The Poor

Better off in the Dutch Republic than other countries:

• Always a shortage of workers -> higher wages, but also higher prices.+ Winter pay -> Poor relief

• Poor relief: Handouts by the Rich and Church

• Trade with Baltic Sea area -> Always grain / bread available.

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What do you see on the painting?
(Click on painting to zoom in)

Country houses/ town hall of A'dam.

Country houses where large houses for the family of the elite during summer months -> Goal: Showing off.

Largest palace of all: Town hall of Amsterdam 'Paleis op de Dam'.

A building with architectural features of Classical Antiquity => Classicism.

Video: het verhaal van Amsterdam 'Jong en vol dromen': 31:35- 33:14

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Year of Disaster, 1672

1650: Stadtholder William II died -> States- General decided not to replace him. -> Grand pensionary Johan de Wit became most powerful man in Dutch Republic.

1672: Year of Disaster: England, France and the bishops of Munster and Cologne attacked the Republic -> Call for a strong leader => Stadtholder William III!

Republic was almost defeaten and years of war with france costed the republic vast sums of money => Ending Golden Age

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What do you think was the motivation of the English to attack the republic?

1. They were catholics and didn't like the calvinistic republic.
2. They were frustrated with having to compete with the Dutch at sea
3. They didn't like grand pensionary Johan de Witt
4. William III was also king of England and wanted to become stadtholder of the republic

Why was the Year of Disaster the ending of the Golden Age?

What do you think happened with Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt after the Year of Disaster and why?

Explain how people showed their prosperity in the Golden Age.

You can explain why poor people were better off in the Republic than other countries

You can explain why 1672 came to be known as Year of Disaster