Bartolomeo Colleoni – The Condottiere of Venice
Bartolomeo Colleoni Introduction Whoever wanders through the narrow streets of Venice and eventually reaches the Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo will inevitably stop before a bronze horseman. Upright and immobile, he sits astride his mount, proud and composed, his gaze...
Lorenzo Ghiberti – The Master of the Gates of Paradise
The Master of the Gates of Paradise Introduction Whoever strolls through Florence today will inevitably pause in the Piazza del Duomo. Between the mighty cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and the slender Campanile rises the Baptistery of San Giovanni—an...
The spice trade – Why pepper and cinnamon changed the world
The Spice Trade Introduction – Pepper on the Table It is a cool autumn evening in the year 1480. In a palace on the edge of the Venetian lagoon, a wedding party is seated at table. Torches cast their flickering light onto the water of the canals, the table gleams with...Zu unseren Büchern
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