BBC – Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty (2024) Episode 1: Rise
English | Documentary | Size: 1.43 GB
The greatest artworks in western civilization emerged from one of the bloodiest periods in history. This series explores the lives of three of the greatest artists in history – Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael – as they craft beauty from chaos.
How did Western civilisation’s most beautiful works of art emerge from one of the most brutal periods in history? The Renaissance was a time of extreme turbulence, betrayal, bloodshed and political upheaval. Yet it was also a time of unparalleled creativity.
This drama-documentary takes as its guide perhaps the greatest artist of the era, Michelangelo. It reveals how he navigated the violent reality of the times, and how his life intersected with two other geniuses of the period – Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. Blending expert interviews, dramatic reconstructions and immersion in wondrous works of art, this is a vivid journey into the highest of human achievements – and the lowest depths of treachery and turmoil.
With contributions from contemporary artists such as Antony Gormley, Alison Lapper, and David LaChapelle, as well as historians and biographers, this thrilling three-part series RENAISSANCE: THE BLOOD AND THE BEAUTY explores the lives of three rival artists who produced seductively beautiful works of art in the midst of violence, brutal political power struggles, warfare, and religious upheaval.
Framed through the eyes of an aging Michelangelo, whose long life spanned this extraordinary period, the series traces more than sixty years, beginning with the Pazzi Conspiracy of 1478 and concluding with the unveiling of The Last Judgement in 1541.
Through stunning visuals, compelling storytelling, and historical insight, the series reveals how these artists battled for favor, risked everything in service of their patrons, and reshaped the world’s understanding of art and the artist.
RENAISSANCE: THE BLOOD AND THE BEAUTY is narrated by Sophie Okonedo, the series features Charles Dance as Michelangelo, Jonny Glynn as Leonardo Da Vinci and Joshua Duffy as Raphael.
Series Director: Emma Frank ; Producer/Directors: Richard Pearson and Eddie Knox ; BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions for BBC Arts and PBS
Episode 1: Rise
Michelangelo and Leonardo struggle to win work in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy, navigating the shifting politics of powerful patrons and violent city-states. Florence at the end of the 15th century is famed for banking, trade and the skill of its artists. Young Michelangelo rises under the Medici’s patronage in Florence while Leonardo builds his reputation in Milan. Political upheaval and changing attitudes disrupt their careers and sets the stage for an artistic rivalry. But being an artist is still a lowly trade.
The young Michelangelo is nonetheless determined to become an artist, defying the wishes of his father, and is lucky enough to catch the eye of the de facto ruler of Florence, Lorenzo de’ Medici. But Leonardo da Vinci is less fortunate. Struggling to find sufficient commissions in Florence, he instead offers his services to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, a violent and dangerous man who Leonardo approaches not as an artist but as an engineer, able to design weapons of war.
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