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Cabinet 2012

Fossils – Sara Ketelsen

Posted on April 25, 2018April 25, 2018

There was no single prevailing Renaissance theory as to what the fossils were.

Cabinet 2012

Fossil Artifacts –Dina Mohamed-Aly

Posted on April 23, 2018April 30, 2018

The items on display in the Gettysburg Collection Cabinet are present-day decorative stone pieces, carved out of marbleized fossil beds from the Sahara Desert region of Morocco[…]

Cabinet 2012

Faith Painting – Emily Francisco

Posted on April 23, 2018April 30, 2018

Paintings were objects of great value […]Paintings expressed wealth, intellect, and power, but they also could express religious convictions.

Cabinet 2012

Reptilian Skeletons – Rose Kell

Posted on April 23, 2018April 30, 2018

Snakes were included because they were known to be venomous and this was a reminder of the mortality of humanity, something the cabinets often included in their many themes.

Cabinet 2012

Native American Portraits – Madison Desmond

Posted on April 23, 2018May 1, 2018

Letters, chronicles, works of fiction, and visual arts in the sixteenth century reveal that the discovery of the New World engaged the popular imagination, as images of the encounter was able to spread faster with the development of the printing press.

Cabinet 2012

Insects – Devin Garnick

Posted on April 23, 2018April 25, 2018

The collection of insects was a very specialized and complicated process that required patience, perseverance, and a good eye.

Cabinet 2012

Fossils & Painting – Lauren Kauffman

Posted on April 23, 2018April 30, 2018

Perhaps it was the mystery of fossils’ origins that led to collection and subsequent illustration or perhaps it was the almost alien beauty they exhibited.

Cabinet 2012

Fish- Shane Swink

Posted on April 23, 2018April 30, 2018

Fish were a frequent subject of scientific inquiry during the 16th and 17th centuries, due to their heavy symbolism and representation at the time.

Cabinet 2012

Mercury Statue – Marissa Mellan

Posted on April 23, 2018April 25, 2018

The bronze Mercury statue presented in the Gettysburg Cabinet exemplifies the god’s quickness, a copy of one of the most famous statue from the Renaissance. 

Cabinet 2012

Dutch Maps- Josh Poorman

Posted on April 18, 2018April 25, 2018

People could view a representation of the world in maps, both literally and figuratively, and they thus mimicked the goal of numerous cabinets in serving as a microcosm of the cosmos, or a teatro mundi.

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Items in the Cabinet

  • African Masks- Molly Reynolds
  • Anatomical Models- Danielle Berardinelli
  • The Bather- Peter Flood
  • Bible- Jill Duranko
  • Break-Circuit Chronometer – Sean Pethybridge
  • Capuchin Monkey Skeleton – Joanna Myers
  • Chinese Jade Carvings – Josh Griffiths
  • Coral and Sea Stars – Rebecca Deffler
  • Dutch Maps- Josh Poorman
  • Faith Painting – Emily Francisco
  • Fish- Shane Swink
  • Fossils – Sara Ketelsen
  • Fossil Artifacts –Dina Mohamed-Aly
  • Fossils & Painting – Lauren Kauffman
  • Insects – Devin Garnick
  • Mercury Statue – Marissa Mellan
  • Native American Portraits – Madison Desmond
  • Reptilian Skeletons – Rose Kell
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