Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
How the greatest artworks of all time were born of an era of war, rivalry and bloodshed.
Rise
S2025 Ep1 | 53m 15s
Michelangelo and Leonardo struggle to win work in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy.
Rivalry
S2025 Ep2 | 53m 56s
Fierce rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo is heightened by the arrival of Raphael.
Redemption
S2025 Ep3 | 54m 12s
Michelangelo battles Raphael for Papal favor as violent religious schisms engulf Europe.
How the greatest artworks of all time were born of an era of war, rivalry and bloodshed.
Pietà
S2025 Ep1 | 3m 20s
Michelangelo carves his Pietà – a remarkable image of the Madonna holding her dead son.
Leonardo in Milan
S2025 Ep1 | 2m 35s
Leonardo travels to Milan, determined to make his name at the court of the Duke of Sforza.
Rivalry in Florence
S2025 Ep2 | 2m 20s
Michelangelo and Leonardo both return to Florence, where the stage is set for a fierce rivalry.
The Magnificence of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling
S2025 Ep3 | 5m 25s
Michelangelo unveils the Sistine Chapel ceiling, but the process prompts a crisis of faith.
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