Vermeer’s Hat by Timothy Brook, looks at globalization in the 1600s through the works of Johannes Vermeer. These works include, View of Delft, Officer and Laughing Girl, Young Woman Reading a Letter, The Geographer, Woman Holding a Balance, and The Card Players. The book also looks at works that are not Vermeer’s, including, a plate from the Lambert Van Meerten Museum of Delft, and Emperor Guan, The Chinese God of War. Brooks uses these works of art to examine globalization, through the close examination of each of these works. Reading this book is somewhat like walking through an art museum, taking your time to carefully look at each painting, not just the big picture but the fine details that tell a story about the past. Chapter two of the
