https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/eb9186d52971a45b5ae055f2100491fb.png 18ae66c25558a2c82c50683a6b5a7828 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cross Cultural Interaction and Early Modern European Art Description An account of the resource This collection examines the advancements in maritime trade and foreign contact and how this impacted art during Early Modern Europe. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rylyn Monahan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1500-1800 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mechanical Galleon Description An account of the resource This late 16th century German automaton mimics in miniature a masted galleon that would have sailed across the Atlantic to the New World. Designed to carry troops and guns, the actual galleon was specifically manufactured for a European navy with seafaring in mind and by proxy, the mechanical galleon, a gilded ship which set sail across the dining table of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, represented the beginnings of Imperialism and colonization. During the late 15th and 16th centuries, “Europe's view of the world and of its place in it was completely transformed” because of the influx of new information about people, plants, and animals coming from foreign countries (BBC). A metaphor in motion, the galleon likened the ship to state, since the word “‘governor’ comes from the Latin for ‘helmsman’ - ‘gubernator,’ so while the royals and elites admired the galleon, they recognized their state’s power in the maritime setting as well as the technological prowess of producing an instrument that served as a clock, an automaton, and a music player (BBC). The materials for the galleon, brass and steel, as well as the intricacy of its construction illustrates the Hapsburg’s increased wealth from the silver trade in the Americas. This interest in the mechanical extended to other automata during the late 16th century, and princely collectors kept them in kunstkammen or art chambers with limited access (Keating 14). The extreme interest in an object in motion reflected contemporary European interests in animating the inanimate and controlling the inhuman. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hans Schlottheim Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1866-1030-1" target="_blank" title="British Museum" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1866-1030-1</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1580-1590 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rylyn Monahan Americas automaton clock Germany