THE MEDICI: GODFATHERS OF THE RENAISSANCE
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THE MEDICI: GODFATHERS OF THE RENAISSANCE - 2003; Lion Television/PBS - DVD; 220 Min.
This film is both the tale of one family's powerful ambition, and of Europe's tortured struggle to emerge from the Dark Ages. From a small Italian community in 15th Century Florence, the Medici family would rise to become one of the most powerful dynasties in Europe. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and power. They used this power to help ignite the most important cultural and artistic revolution in Western history - the Renaissance. Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and Galileo all received Medici patronage.
History
Art History
THE MEDICI: GODFATHERS OF THE RENAISSANCE - 2003; Lion Television/PBS - DVD; 220 Min.
This film is both the tale of one family's powerful ambition, and of Europe's tortured struggle to emerge from the Dark Ages. From a small Italian community in 15th Century Florence, the Medici family would rise to become one of the most powerful dynasties in Europe. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and power. They used this power to help ignite the most important cultural and artistic revolution in Western history - the Renaissance. Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and Galileo all received Medici patronage.
History
Art History