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Marco Polo ( / ˈmɑːrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ / ⓘ, Venetian: [ˈmaɾko ˈpolo], Italian: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo] ⓘ; c. 1254 – 8 January 1324) [ 1] was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. [ 2][ 3] His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (also known as Book of the ...
The Renaissance of the 12th century was a period of many changes at the outset of the High Middle Ages. It included social, political and economic transformations, and an intellectual revitalization of Western Europe with strong philosophical and scientific roots. These changes paved the way for later achievements such as the literary and ...
915.042. Book of the Marvels of the World ( Italian: Il Milione, lit. 'The Million', possibly derived from Polo's nickname "Emilione"), [ 1] in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo. It describes Polo's travels through ...
Also, the sheepskin appears to be created during the 14th or 15th century -- hundreds of years after Polo's alleged trip to America. A map may prove that Marco Polo discovered America more than ...
Marco Polo – The Journey. Marco Polo – The Journey is an album by Ensemble Renaissance, released in 1992 on the Artelier Music label in Germany. It is Renaissance's 11th album. The heme of the album is early music from the time of the travels of Marco Polo. It is one of the Renaissance's more eclectic works, covering not only the ...
The Italian Renaissance ( Italian: Rinascimento [rinaʃʃiˈmento]) was a period in Italian history between the 14th and 16th centuries. The period is known for the initial development of the broader Renaissance culture that spread across Western Europe and marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity.
In other words, this new method of mass dissemination made them go viral. Stephanie Porras, art historian and author of “The First Viral Images: Maerten de Vos, Antwerp Print, and the Early ...
Jean Bullant. Agnolo Bronzino. Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Jan Brueghel the Younger. Filippo Brunelleschi. Marco Cardisco. Juan de Castillo. Androuet du Cerceau.