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Art in Republics: Venice and the Netherlands

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The art market and collecting were indispensable assets of ruling dynasties for the (self)-representation of their monarchies and for the emergence of modern nation states. This article takes the European republic as an example of early modern government and its influence on the arts as well as on state representation and identity. Venice and the Dutch Republic developed distinct art markets and patterns of collecting and self-imaging. However, there were differences in collecting patterns. Whereas in the Dutch Republic, the secularization of the art market with family paintings and still lifes coincided with a consumer revolution in other sectors of material culture, devotional themes persisted in dominating the arts in Venice. This analysis demonstrates that the art market was an important tool to create a republican pattern of self-imaging connected to notions of good government and its representatives, such as members of the ruling classes.

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North, M. (2023). Art in Republics: Venice and the Netherlands. In: Hyden-Hanscho, V., Stangl, W. (eds) Formative Modernities in the Early Modern Atlantic and Beyond. Palgrave Studies in Comparative Global History. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8417-4_2

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