Dutch Tulipmania: The Truth Behind the Myth of a Flower-Fueled Folly transports readers to 17th-century Holland, when the tulip stood at the crossroads of art, science, commerce, and desire.
This beautifully produced 70-page booklet has the feel of a small art magazine, pairing the true story of Tulipmania with luminous, magazine-quality reproductions of Dutch Master still lifes and other significant works of art. Richly visual but grounded in scholarship, it is designed to be as pleasurable to look through as it is to read.
Set against the remarkable world of the Dutch Golden Age, the book explores a society transformed by expanding trade and wealth, a growing fascination with the natural sciences, and an appetite for collecting rare and beautiful things. Through vivid imagery and engaging narrative, it reveals how the tulip came to embody many of the era’s deepest preoccupations: beauty, status, morality, impermanence, and the fleeting nature of worldly riches.
Dutch Tulipmania: The Truth Behind the Myth of a Flower-Fueled Folly transports readers to 17th-century Holland, when the tulip stood at the crossroads of art, science, commerce, and desire.
This beautifully produced 70-page booklet has the feel of a small art magazine, pairing the true story of Tulipmania with luminous, magazine-quality reproductions of Dutch Master still lifes and other significant works of art. Richly visual but grounded in scholarship, it is designed to be as pleasurable to look through as it is to read.
Set against the remarkable world of the Dutch Golden Age, the book explores a society transformed by expanding trade and wealth, a growing fascination with the natural sciences, and an appetite for collecting rare and beautiful things. Through vivid imagery and engaging narrative, it reveals how the tulip came to embody many of the era’s deepest preoccupations: beauty, status, morality, impermanence, and the fleeting nature of worldly riches.
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