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Iranian artists to illustrate Marco Polo’s trip to Iran
TEHRAN, Oct.8(MNA) -- Iranian illustrators will depict Marco Polo’s trip to Iran in their artworks that will go on display during an exhibition in Tehran in early November.
The showcase will be held by the Cultural and Artistic Society of Iranian Illustrators and will be cosponsored by the Italian Embassy in Tehran, the managing director of the society Ali Hashemi-Shahraki told .
“We decided to conduct negotiations with the cultural attachés’ offices of other countries in Tehran to establish mutual cultural relationships with them,” he added.
The book written by Marco Polo, the world famous Venetian traveler, is the primary source of information about the travels of Marco’s father and uncle, Niccol and Maffeo Polo, who were jewel merchants. They left Venice in 1260 on a commercial venture to the Black Sea ports of Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) and Soldaia (now Sudak, Ukraine).
Marco’s account of his travels recorded many aspects of Mongol and Chinese society in convincing detail. These features include the Mongols’ road and postal system, the careers of Mongol administrators in China, Kublai Khan’s personality, Mongol court life, and descriptions of important cities such as Shangdu, Khanbaliq, Hangzhou, and Quanzhou.
Marco Polo’s account exercised deep influence on European readers. Cartographers looked to it for information about Asian lands, and merchants drew inspiration from it when they planned commercial ventures. Portuguese mariners studied it when they decided to seek a sea route to India in the 15th century.
The showcase will be held by the Cultural and Artistic Society of Iranian Illustrators and will be cosponsored by the Italian Embassy in Tehran, the managing director of the society Ali Hashemi-Shahraki told .
“We decided to conduct negotiations with the cultural attachés’ offices of other countries in Tehran to establish mutual cultural relationships with them,” he added.
The book written by Marco Polo, the world famous Venetian traveler, is the primary source of information about the travels of Marco’s father and uncle, Niccol and Maffeo Polo, who were jewel merchants. They left Venice in 1260 on a commercial venture to the Black Sea ports of Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) and Soldaia (now Sudak, Ukraine).
Marco’s account of his travels recorded many aspects of Mongol and Chinese society in convincing detail. These features include the Mongols’ road and postal system, the careers of Mongol administrators in China, Kublai Khan’s personality, Mongol court life, and descriptions of important cities such as Shangdu, Khanbaliq, Hangzhou, and Quanzhou.
Marco Polo’s account exercised deep influence on European readers. Cartographers looked to it for information about Asian lands, and merchants drew inspiration from it when they planned commercial ventures. Portuguese mariners studied it when they decided to seek a sea route to India in the 15th century.
