In a message dated 11/15/10 3:00:46 AM, [email protected] writes:
> > http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Market-Commercialization-Antwerps-European/dp/2503513816 > If this is the one I think it is,one of the things it points out is that paintings sold better the stronger the sense of identity or nationality the Dutch had,which would hav influenced the subject matter of the work. I think one of the examples given is paintings of long distance passenger boats on canals(very big in 16thc Netherlands transportation),how they were modern pictures made of the present and did not depend on deliberate referral to the past. They were made on spec, as were many 19thc pictures. Kate Sullivan
