The Vanitas Collective Project · Further Reading

Atkins, Christopher D. M., and Beth Harris. 2023. "The Dutch Art Market in the 17th Century." Posted January 19, 2023, by Smarthistory. 4 min., 26 sec. https://smarthistory.org/the-dutch-art-market-in-the-17th-century/?tl=the-dutch-art-market-in-the-17th-century&sidebar=europe-1600-1700
Berranek, Saskia. 2022. "From a live webinar: Rachel Ruysch's Fruit and Insects with Dr. Saskia Beranek." Posted January 31, 2022 by Smarthistory. Youtube, 38 min., 18 sec. https://youtu.be/dvSngpynihw
Eade, Jane. 2013. “The Theatre of Death.” Oxford Art Journal 36 (1): 109–25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43825748.
Harris, Beth, and Steven Zucker. 2016. "Willem Kalf, Still Life with a Silver Ewer." Posted March 14, 2016 by Smarthistory. 4 min., 3 sec. https://smarthistory.org/kalf-ewer/?tl=kalf-ewer&sidebar=europe-1600-1700
Mancoff, Debra N. 2021. "Signs of Transience; Signs of the Times." In The Secrets of Art: Uncovering the Mysteries and Messages of Great Works of Art, 150-173. Francis Lincoln.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 2022. "Hidden Cost of Luxury." Posted June 6, 2022 by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Youtube, 5 min., 38 sec. https://youtu.be/qQ83bGUFP-4
Smarthistory. 2024. "Art in Flanders." https://smarthistory.org/curated-guide/visitflanders/

Wielenga, Friso. 2015. A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day. Translated by Lynne Richards. Bloomsbury Academic.
Wolf, Norbert. 2024. The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemmish Painting. Prestel.

Sullivan, Scott A. 1974. “A Banquet-Piece with Vanitas Implications.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61 (8): 271–82. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152543.

Brewminate. 2026. "Risk, Reward, and Moral Anxiety: Gambling in Early Modern Europe." Brewminate. https://brewminate.com/risk-reward-and-moral-anxiety-gambling-in-early-modern-europe/.
Roberts, B. B., and Leendert F. Groenendijk. 2005. "Moral Panic and Holland's Libertine Youth of the 1650's and 1660's." Journal of Family History 30(4), 327-346. Roberts, B. B., & Groenendijk, L. F. (2005). Moral Panic and Holland's Libertine Youth of the 1650's and 1660's.
Journal of Family History, 30(4), 327-346. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363199005279152

Hodge, Susie. 2026. The Symbols of Art: Decoding the Hidden Meanings of Art. Frances Lincoln.

Henkes, Harold E., and Julian Henderson. 1998. “The Spun Roemer, A Hitherto Overlooked Roemer Type: Typology, Technology, and Distribution." Journal of Glass Studies 40: 89–103. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24190503.

Public Domain Review. 2014. "George Withers' Emblem Book (1635)." Posted Feb 13, 2014. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/george-wither-s-emblem-book-1635/
Camplin, Jamie, and Maria Ranauro. 2018. The Art of Reading: An Illustrated History of Books in Paint. Getty Publications.

Frey, Angelica. 2021. "The Soap Bubble Trope." JSTOR Daily June 16, 2021. https://daily.jstor.org/the-soap-bubble-trope/

Sardar, Marika. 2003. "Carpets from the Islamic World, 1600-1800." The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/carpets-from-the-islamic-world-1600-1800
Denny, Walter B. 2011. "Islamic Carpets in European Paintings." The Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/islamic-carpets-in-european-paintings
Weisbin, Kendra. 2015. "The Court Carpets of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires, an Introduction." Smarthistory August 8, 2015. https://smarthistory.org/introduction-to-the-court-carpets-of-the-ottoman-safavid-and-mughal-empires/?sidebar=early-modern-syllabus

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