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The Medici: Makers of Modern Art

Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals how the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture, and became the financial engine behind the Italian Renaissance.

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.

58 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Feb 2019 00:00

Music Played

  • Craig Armstrong

    Elizabeth The Golden Age

  • Max Richter

    Organum

  • Max Richter

    Shadow Journal

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon
Producer John Mullen
Executive Producer Basil Comely

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