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Tana between east and west in the 14th and 15th centuries [PDF]
The paper examines the complex, multifaceted role that the settlement of Tana played for the Venetian and Genoese Republics, Byzantium, the Golden Horde, the Russian principalities, the Mendicant Orders, and long-distance trade in the Late ...
Karpov Sergey P.
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The right of shipwreck in medieval Serbia [PDF]
The paper represents the first attempt to specifically and comprehensively explore the right of shipwreck (ius naufragii) in medieval Serbia. In the opening section, the wider comparative context is established through an overview of the presence of this
Porčić Nebojša
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Abstract Venice Beach, Los Angeles and Little Venice, London provide the basis for a series of reflections that explore the way the city is hardwired into a collective imaginary. These very different reproductions of Venice share the underlying principles that correspond to the economic and political aspiration of the modern city ...
Joseph-Lester, Jaspar, Klein, Norman M.
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Artistic exchange between Bologna, Padua, Venice, and the Byzantine-Balkan East: Fragments of the passion cycle in the church in Vedrana (Bologna) [PDF]
The church of the Santa Maria Annunziata in the village of Vedrana, near Bologna, is situated along the medieval road that connects Bologna with Ferrara, Padua, and Venice.
D'amico Rosa, Pajić Sanja R.
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This paper proposes an exploration of the connection between the recessive trend of the financial economy in the mid-14th century and the simultaneous organisation of the expeditions to the Levant.
Filippo Vaccaro
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Silence and Voices in James’s Venice
Henry James’s descriptions, rich in visual details, often seem ‘muted’ from the point of view of sound. However, one particular sound seems to interest him more and more through the years: voices.
Rosella Mamoli Zorzi
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The article is devoted to the history of a unique collection made by famous American patron and curator Peggy Guggenheim. For several decades, she has been gathering works by European Cubists, Abstractionists and Surrealists, creating the huge collection
Fedotova, E.D.
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This paper discusses the long-term vision of the historic city development, where buildings assume a new function over time. The discussion is based on the example of Palazzo Querini Stampalia and Fondaco dei Tedeschi – two monuments restored to Venice ...
Strzałka-Rogal Dominika
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On Several Polish Poems From 1829–1870 with Venice in the Background
The subject of the article is a review of images of Venice recorded in Polish poetry between the years 1829–1870. The paper deliberately stops in the 1870s in the selection of the literary material to be analysed, focusing on the Romantic and post ...
Maria Berkan-Jabłońska
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Balkan or border warfare? Glimpses from the early modern period [PDF]
At the beginning of the early modern period, the concept of Europe did not yet exist. Religion, not politics or geography, was the defining criterion.
Höbelt Lothar
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