TY - BOOK ED - Project Muse. TI - Painting and Publishing as Cultural Industries : : The Fabric of Creativity in the Dutch Republic, 1580-1800 / T2 - Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age SN - 9789048524112 PY - 2017///] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Wirtschaft KW - gnd KW - Malerei KW - Buchdruck KW - Branche KW - Publishers and publishing KW - fast KW - Painting KW - Art KW - Economic aspects KW - Art and industry KW - ART KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Peinture KW - Pays-Bas KW - Histoire KW - Art et industrie KW - Aspect economique KW - Netherlands KW - History KW - Niederlande KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Introduction -- Part I. Publishing -- 1580-1610: window of opportunity -- 1610-1650: unlocking potential -- 1610-1650: buzz and pipelines -- 1650-1800: mature markets -- Part II. Painting -- 1580-1610: a period of transition -- 1610-1650: unlocking potential -- 1610-1650: buzz and pipelines -- 1650-1800: mature markets -- Conclusion; Open Access N2 - The Dutch Republic was a cultural powerhouse in the modern era, producing lasting masterpieces in painting and publishing-and in the process transforming those fields from modest trades to booming industries. This book asks the question of how such a small nation could become such a major player in those fields. Claartje Rasterhoff shows how industrial organisations played a role in shaping patterns of growth and innovations. As early modern Dutch cultural industries were concentrated geographically, highly networked, and institutionally embedded, they were able to reduce uncertainty in the marketplace and stimulate the commercial and creative potential of painters and publishers-though those successes eventually came up against the limits of a saturated domestic market and an aversion to risk on the part of producers that ultimately brought an end to the boom UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/66537/ ER -