The Medici - Godfathers of the Renaissance

"From a small Italian community in 15th century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power. They would also ignite the most important cultural and artisitc revolution in Western history- the European Renaissance. But the forces of change the Medici helped unleash would one day topple their ordered world."


It's a playlist.  Comes in four parts.  Well worth the watch!

<a class="bbc_link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAVRcI6mFU&list=PL6oforB7ir5JnS2wIJlMYixC5rWlzqtET">Godfathers of the Renaissance</a>

 

 

 

This one is pretty good.  Anything Medici is always interesting. Very colorful family; told in an upbeat fashion with all the decadence and debauchery of the period.  From Cosimo to Catherine and everything in between.  It does inspire one to learn more about the period.  The Borgia's, for example are another interesting family....

 

 

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Ever hear of Brunelleschi?  Inventor of perspective?  He designed the dome in Florence, Italy.  Nice little bio of him on the above Medici series...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkNMM8uiMww


Filippo Brunelleschi (Italian: [fiˈlippo brunelˈleski]; 1377 – April 15, 1446) was one of the foremost architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance.[2] He is perhaps most famous for his development of linear perspective and for engineering the dome of the Florence Cathedral, but his accomplishments also include other architectural works, sculpture, mathematics, engineering and even ship design. His principal surviving works are to be found in Florence, Italy.

Filippo Brunelleschi