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Food for the Soul: Global Trade in Art Part 3- Middle East
By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Even if Venice itself is not in the Middle East, until the early 1500s the Venetian empire, built on trade with Asia and the Levant, extended far beyond the city walls, incorporating such lands as Dalmatia and Istria, and reaching practically up to Constantinople. Venice was the gateway…
Food for the Soul: Departing in Style – Mawangdui Tombs
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Food for the Soul: Women Art Exhibitions—Venice and Paris
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