Begrippen lectures

Question 1

Clio (muse)

Answer 1

History

Question 2

Melpomene (muse)

Answer 2

tragedy

Question 3

Terpsichore (muse)

Answer 3

Dance

Question 4

Thalia (muse)

Answer 4

Comedy

Question 5

Erato (muse)

Answer 5

Love poetry

Question 6

Urania (muse)

Answer 6

Astronomy

Question 7

Polyhymnia (muse)

Answer 7

Laudation

Question 8

Calliope (muse)

Answer 8

Epic

Question 9

Euterpe (muse)

Answer 9

Vreugde

Question 10

Dichotomy

Answer 10

Division or contrast between 2 things that are represented as being opposed or entirely different. (Love and Hate/War and Peace)

Question 11

Prestige

Answer 11

Group of well-dressed men visiting the collection.

Question 12

Kunst

Answer 12

Artificialia (not natural) > man-made objects

Question 13

Wunder

Answer 13

Mirabilia, miracles, magic

Question 14

Naturalia

Answer 14

Nature made

Question 15

Hybrid categories

Answer 15

Exotica, mirabilia, scientifica

Question 16

Pietro Dura

Answer 16

Technique: inlay of tiny stones made into a painting

Question 17

Representatio

Answer 17

Presenting princely imperial magnificence > showing he had knowledge about macrocosm outside his world.

Question 18

Bezoar stone

Answer 18

Stone found in stomach of goat - wrapped in gold and enamel

Question 19

Allegory of 4 elements/deities (goden)

Answer 19

1) Flora (spring)
2) Ceres (summer)
3) Bacchus (autumn)
4) Vulcan (winter)

Question 20

World Making

Answer 20

Active, self-aware creation of new models, theories, interpretations or depictions of the world > central intellectual task of the late Renaissance.

Question 21

Intermediaries (3)

Answer 21

Agents, media, offices that helped with trade

Question 22

Agents (3)

Answer 22

• diplomats
• artists
• merchants

Question 23

media (3)

Answer 23

• drawings
• prints
• objects

Question 24

Contemporary sources (4)

Answer 24

• inventories
• catalogues
• travel reports
• paintings

Question 25

5 classes (Quiccheberg)

Answer 25

1) Founder and creator (representatio) 2) Artificialia (crafted objects) 3) Naturalia (world of nature) 4) Tools of artifice (means of craft) 5) Enacted knowledge (representation)