March 2009, Art Talk - Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., curator of northern baroque paintings, National Gallery of ArtThe Dutch took enormous pride in their cities, which experienced unprecedented prosperity during the 17th century. A new genre of painting�the cityscape�emerged as images of towns and cities were captured in paintings, maps, atlases, illustrated books, and prints. In the first of this three-part Art Talk podcast, produced on the occasion of the Gallery exhibition Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age, Wheelock discusses how Dutch politics and cartography influenced the cityscape.