Resources

Books for Adults
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Kettering, Alison McNeil, Arie Wallert and Marjorie E. Wieseman; Gerard ter Borch; National Gallery of Art; Washington D.C., 2004

This is the catalogue for the exhibition and includes Ter Borch, his family, his technique, and many of his paintings. This is the first major English-language publication on the artist.

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Keyes, George S.; Masters of Dutch Painting: the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2004.

Dutch master painters included in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

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Wheelock jr. Arthur K., et. al; A Moral Compass: Seventeenth and 18th-century Painting in the Netherlands; New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1999.

Contains information about the public and private life of the Dutch during the 17th-century and provides an in-depth look at A Lady at Her Toilet.

Dutch in America
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Klooster, Wim.; The Dutch in America, 1600-180; Providence: John Carter Brown Library, 1997.
 

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Swienrenga, Robert P.; For Food and Faith: Dutch Immigration to West Michigan, 1840-1960; Holland Museum, 2000.

Includes information about who and why and when the Dutch settled in Western Michigan during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Books for Children
History
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Lilly, Melinda; The Dutch in New Amsterdam; Rourke Book Co., 2002.

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Ngcheong-Lum, Roseline et al; The Netherlands (Countries of the World); Gareth Stevens Press: 2002.


Fiction
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Balliett, Blue; Chasing Vermeer; Scholastic Press, New York, 2004.

6th-grade students must decipher clues hidden in puzzles to recover a stolen Vermeer painting.

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DeJong, Meindert (Maurice Sendak, illustrator); The Wheel on the School; Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1955.

The children in a little Dutch fishing village set about to bring the storks back to build their nests and in doing so change the village.


 * These books are available in the DIA Museum Shop.


Web Sites

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Timeline and events of the Dutch Golden Age
www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/09/euwl/ht09euwl.htm

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Includes on line tours of NGA's Dutch collection such as “Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Scenes of Daily Life in the 1600s”
www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/dutch.html

17th-century Dutch painter Judith Leyster is included in a self-portraits lesson. The Education Division lends educational materials through the Loans Program.
www.nga.gov/education/classroom/self_portraits/bio_leyster.htm

Rijksmuseum, Amterdam
Look under`B´for Gerard ter Borch images and information; site is in English.
www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_artists/00017094?lang=en

Masterworks section on the Dutch Golden Age (1600-1699) illustrates short texts on Dutch history and culture with art from the collection; includes quiz and timeline. Interactive details from the Treaty of Münster are included under the Look Closer section.
www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/meesterwerken/?lang=en

History sites for teachers
Eating habits are an engaging introduction to Dutch culture during the 17th-century “Golden Age;” this site has classroom activities and resources for students and teachers.
www.albanyinstitute.org/resources/archive/dutch/dutch.foodways.htm

New Netherlands Museum, Albany New York sails a replica of the Half Moon, explorer Henry Hudson's ship; web site includes information on the Dutch in the Americas.
www.newnetherland.com/buttons.html

The Holland Museum located in Holland, Michigan has exhibits, resources and access to library/archives about Dutch settlement in Michigan.
www.wowcom.net/commerce/museum/exhibits.shtml

Art site for teachers
Visual Understanding in Education (VUE) conducts educational research focused on aesthetic and cognitive development that results from interaction with art. Based on its findings, VUE develops programs for schools and museums. Ter Borch’s genre paintings are good subjects for discussion using this method. www.vue.org


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