https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/b2d2e51280957b845779231c28be3135.png c55da4f27e81a0bd5a8d483259a80356 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 La Dovizia Description An account of the resource This tapestry was the first work from Florence of a new tapestry workshop founded by Duke Cosimo de’Medici in the 1540s. Around two meters tall, it was likely used as a door hanger, and a later inventory lists it as a “dovizia with a landscape,” dovizia meaning abundance, but the name also also “encompasses the idea of wealth, prosperity, and fecundity” (Markey 17). An already common allegorical figure in Florentine art, Dovizia is now accompanied by a turkey in the center of the tapestry. While the other animals and details carry other meanings such as the turtle which reflected Augustus' ancient motto "make haste slowly," the turkey redefined some of the symbolism of the flora and fauna from America (Markey 17). The Duke and his wife experienced these items secondhand if at all, but they were avid appreciators and collectors of American goods which led to the Duke's development of the first botanical garden of Pisa. Other New World goods also were woven into the fabric of tapestries, such as maize which was cultivated “in Rome as early as the 1510s” and then appeared on fresco borders (Markey 21). Even while not playing an active role in American conquest, the Duke promoted artwork including grottos, frescoes, and this tapestry, which transformed the American turkey into an idea of abundance. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Agnolo Bronzino Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived “A Turkey in a Medici Tapestry.” Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence, by Lia Markey, Penn State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania, 2016, pp. 17-27. Museo degli argenti, Florence, Italy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1545 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rylyn Monahan Americas Italy Tapestry