Dutch art: Sculpture and the Minor Arts

In sharp contrast with the vitality of the Dutch school in painting and the graphic arts is its comparative lack of important sculpture. Outstanding among Dutch minor arts is the silverwork and goldwork of the 16th and 17th cent. There was also extensive production and export of ceramic tiles, of which the finest examples date from the late 16th and 17th cent.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Sculpture and the Minor Arts
• The Twentieth Century
• The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
• The Flowering of Dutch Art: The Seventeenth Century
• Early History
• Bibliography

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