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== See also == == See also ==
*[[Dutch culture]] *[[Dutch culture]]
-*[[Dutch counterculture]] [http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&q=%22Dutch+counterculture%22&meta= "Dutch counterculture"]+{{GFDL}}
-**[[Dutch avant-garde]] [http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&q=%22Dutch+avant-garde%22&meta= "Dutch avant-garde"]+
-**[[Dutch underground]] [http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&q=%22Dutch+underground%22&meta= "Dutch underground"]+
-==Culture==+
-The Netherlands have had many well-known painters. The [[17th century]], when the Dutch republic was prosperous, was the age of the "Dutch Masters", such as [[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn|Rembrandt van Rijn]], [[Johannes Vermeer]], [[Jan Steen]] and many others. Famous Dutch [[painters]] of the [[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century]] were [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Piet Mondrian|Piet Mondriaan]]. [[M.C. Escher]] is a well-known graphics artist. [[Willem de Kooning]] was born and trained in [[Rotterdam]], although he is considered to have reached acclaim as an American artist. [[Han van Meegeren]] was an infamous Dutch [[art forgery|art forger]].+
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-The Netherlands is the country of philosophers [[Erasmus|Erasmus of Rotterdam]] and [[Baruch Spinoza|Spinoza]], and all of [[René Descartes|Descartes]]' major work was done there. The Dutch scientist [[Christiaan Huygens]] ([[1629]]–[[1695]]) discovered Saturn's moon Titan and invented the [[pendulum clock]].+
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-In the [[Dutch Golden Age]], [[literature]] flourished as well, with [[Joost van den Vondel]] and [[Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft|P.C. Hooft]] as the two most famous writers. In the [[19th century]], [[Multatuli]] wrote about the bad treatment of the natives in Dutch colonies. Important [[20th century]] authors include [[Harry Mulisch]], [[Jan Wolkers]], [[Simon Vestdijk]], [[Cees Nooteboom]], [[Gerard van het Reve|Gerard (van het) Reve]] and [[Willem Frederik Hermans]]. [[Anne Frank]]'s [[The Diary of a Young Girl|''Diary of a Young Girl'']] was published after she died in the Holocaust and translated from Dutch to all major languages.+
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-Replicas of Dutch buildings can be found in Huis ten Bosch, [[Nagasaki]], [[Japan]]. A similar Holland Village is being built in [[Shenyang]], [[China]].+
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-[[Windmill]]s, [[tulip]]s, [[Clog (shoe)|wooden shoe]]s, and [[Delftware]] pottery are among the items associated with the Netherlands.{{GFDL}}+

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  1. A country in northwestern Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Official name: Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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