Baroque Nationalism: Dutch Seascapes, Landscapes and Maps
Baroque Nationalism: Dutch Seascapes, Landscapes and Maps
Baroque Nationalism: Dutch Seascapes, Landscapes and Maps
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• <strong>Dutch</strong> seascape painting was usually focused on oversea<br />
battles with Spain <strong>and</strong> had a tendency to depict a lot of drama.<br />
The artists’ goals were to portray the <strong>Dutch</strong> heroically by<br />
displaying their struggle <strong>and</strong> fight for freedom.<br />
• <strong>Maps</strong> of their homel<strong>and</strong> were very popular to the <strong>Dutch</strong>, but<br />
there were many other countries that the <strong>Dutch</strong> cartographers<br />
mapped. Hessel Gerritsz documented the geography of<br />
Australia <strong>and</strong> the Indonesian Isl<strong>and</strong>s. Not only were the maps<br />
some of the best printed by printing houses in Amsterdam,<br />
they were also included in works of art, serving as<br />
backgrounds.
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