1. The Venetian Alternative Mary Bergstein 2015 Venezianità

2. View of Venice Petrarch, 1304-1374

4. Mediterranean Sea Venetian trade-routes Green = to Venice Red = from Venice

6. Romanitas Venezianità

7. Chalice of the Patriarchs Byzantine, Constantinople = Istanbul Treasury, San Marco

8. “Molo” of the Piazzetta in “acqua alta” = high water

9. Venezia San Marco in “acqua alta” = high water

10. Basilica of Saint Mark = San Marco 828-14th century AD

11. Mosaic dome of San Marco, 12th century (Byzantine)

12. Tomb of a “Dogaressa” Made with spoglia = spoils Gold mosaic Hardstone pavement Atrium, San Marco

13. “Lotto” Carpet, Western Anatolia, 16th century

14. Lorenzo Lotto 1547 Family of Giovanni della Volta London NGA

15. Silk Road/ Routes Overland and sea from Venice

16. Marco Polo 1254-1324 In Tatar Costume

17. Marco Polo Venetian 1254-1324 In Tatar Costume Kublai Khan 1260-1294 Grandson of Ghengis Khan Emperor of Yuan Dynesty Marco Polo lived in his Court

18. Ibn Ba ṭ ū ṭ ah Mohammad Ibn Battuta explored Asia and Africa Tangier, Morocco 1304-1377 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1354-ibnbattuta.asp Fordham University Medieval Sourcebook

19. Timbuktu, Mali Granada, Spain

20. Textiles in motion on the Silk Route Japanese Textile, Nara Period Venetian Painting ca. 1410 Italian brocade, Lucca, cq. 1410

21. Paolo Veneziano Coronation of the Virgin Mary By Christ in Heaven Panel painting Ca. 1345 Venice, Accademia

23. Carpet from a Synagogue 15th cIslamic Carpet

24. Persian (Iranian) Carpet

25. Syrian Bowl Venice, Treasury of San Marco

27. Drinking Beakers from Syria

28. Mosque Lamp Glass Venice Treasury

29. Fourteenth-century Islamic Manuscript Mosque Lamps

30. Venetian Glass 15-16th centuries

31. Venetian Mirrors 18 th century

32. Giovanni Bellini 1515 Bellini was the teacher of Giorgione and Titian Girl with a Mirror Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Bellini’s first female nude age 85

34. Giorgione, “Sleeping Venus” 1509-10 Dresden, Museum of Paintings Girolamo Marcello, married 1510

35. Venice versus Florence

36. Book cover design 2014

37. Giorgione, “Sleeping Venus” 1509-10 Girolamo Marcello, married 1510

38. Titian, “Venus” of Urbino, 1538 Florence, Uffizi

39. Urbino

40. Titian, “Venus” of Urbino, 1538 Florence, Uffizi

41. Detail, “Venus” of Urbino

42. “La Bella” 1536-7 Titian

44. Giorgione, ca. 1509-10 Titian, 1538

45. Titian, Rape of Europa 1562 Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum * mimesis >>>> mimetic brushstrokes

49. Titian, Self-portrait Titian, Portrait of Pietro Aretino

50. “Titian --- where are you now?”