1/4 The Medici: Makers of Modern Art
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM4S2hGZDSE60gCUs9KknJ1z4Q7UGtiJQ First broadcast: Dec 2008. Documentary in which Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals how the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture and created a world where masterpieces fetch millions today. Without the money and patronage of the Medici we might never have heard of artists such as Donatello, Michelangelo or Botticelli. Graham-Dixon examines how […]
1/4 The Medici: Makers of Modern Art
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM4S2hGZDSE60gCUs9KknJ1z4Q7UGtiJQ
First broadcast: Dec 2008.
Documentary in which Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals how the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture and created a world where masterpieces fetch millions today.
Without the money and patronage of the Medici we might never have heard of artists such as Donatello, Michelangelo or Botticelli. Graham-Dixon examines how a family of shadowy, corrupt businessmen, driven by greed and ambition, became the financial engine behind the Italian Renaissance.
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