Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World

Vermeer’s Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World, by Timothy Brook, sets out to explain how the world was transformed during the seventeenth century through a growing world market and expanding globalization between civilizations and cultures that either had not have contact or limited contact in the past. The book is organized into eight sections, each corresponding to a different piece of art created by Johannes Vermeer and other artists. Each of these sections covers a different factor, such as the economy for Chinese goods or the work and explorations around the world to create an accurate map of the world, which led to the overall globalization during this time. Beginning with the first section of the book, The View from Delft, the…

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…

In his book Vermeer’s Hat: the seventeenth century and dawn of the global world, historian Timothy Brook explores the roots of world trade in the seventeenth century by analyzing six paintings by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The book has its primary focus on ties between Europe and the rest of the world and the growing Chinese impact on the world during the age of innovation and improvisation. Brook argues that globalization, which is believed to have begun in the twentieth and…

Through Brook’ Vermeer’s Hat: the Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World, Brook claims that the “dawn of globalization” took place during the 17th century, and was the beginning of the start of the modern world due to the growing alliances, trade and production of goods. Brook backs up his claim by using the several pieces of art included in his book, that were created during the seventeenth century. He focuses on specific parts of each work, and uses it as a door to the past and…