53 min listen
Episode 43 - Donatello among the Medici
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
Cosimo de' Medici - Cosimo Pater Patriae, Father of the Country -was one of the wealthiest, most powerful and most intelligent men in Europe, and had a cantankerous, stick-in-the-mud sculptor as a best friend. This episode explores what made the Medici the Medici, and how a collaboration between secular power and the Renaissance Avant-Garde led to Donatello's striking and controversial David.
Released:
Nov 22, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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