Authors

Jane C. Fitzpatrick '21, Gettysburg College

Document Type

Student Research Paper

Publication Date

Fall 2017

Department 1

Art

Abstract

Abraham Ortelius and Johann Baptist Homann were very successful cartographers who benefitted from the rising trend in curiosity cabinets during the Renaissance. Ortelius lived from 1527-1598 and was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and Homann became famous in Nuremberg, Germany during his life from 1663-1724. [excerpt]

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Comments

Produced as part of a collaboration between Kay Etheridge's course FYS-188: Exploration of the Marvelous: Art and Science in the Renaissance, and Felicia Else's course ARTH 284: Wonders of Nature and Artifice: The Renaissance Quest for Knowledge.

Original version online at http://wonder-cabinet.sites.gettysburg.edu/2017/cabinet/ming-blue-and-white-plate/

Audio guides on Ortelius's World Map and Homann's Ship Model Map included.

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