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There are brief glimpses of nude art work in this Annenberg video. The video shows many masterpieces of the Western world. Comments from internationally known art experts are part of the narrative. This video is part of a series. Lots of history and... insights make this a good video to show ho Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael worked in a variety of media and elevated the status of the artist in Italian society.
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February 7, 2011 at 11:11 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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Between 1300 and 1600, the Western world changed, dramatically. This time of "rebirth" is known as "The Renaissance."
At the dawn of the 15th century, an illicit trade begins. Men are not looking for jewels or treasures. They are searching for ...manuscripts - sources of knowledge - hidden in the vaults of churches. Cosimo de Medici (the young boy baptized in 1389) is now grown. He and his friends are seeking to uncover lost secrets from the ancient world
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April 18, 2010 at 09:27 AM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Painters of the Venetian Renaissance are best known for their monumental altarpieces, narrative and mythological canvases, and intimate works for private devotion. Many of the same masters engaged in the ornamental arts as well, painting panels for i...ntegration into beds, chests, musical instruments, and doors. Susannah Rutherglen describes this less familiar genre, traces the fortunes of surviving artifacts, and discusses their themes, styles, and relevance to the history of Italian Renaissance art. (49:03)
This lecture was offered in conjunction with the special exhibition 'In a New Light: Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert,' on view at The Frick Collection from May 22, 2011, through August 28, 2011. (49:03)
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August 24, 2012 at 06:09 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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Discover the origins of famous Renaissance art with information from
an art historian, critic and curator in this video clip. The Renaissance period of art was full of great innovations as artists expanded their technical skills of making super-real...istic images both in paint and in sculpture. Lecture format.
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March 30, 2010 at 08:09 PM
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Ages: 3 - 18
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During the early years of the Medici dynasty, Florence has a domeless cathedral. Its original builders - alas! - had been too ambitious.
Growing up in the shadow of the unfinished cathedral, Cosimo de Medici wonders if his family could hire some...one capable of finishing the project.
In the same city, a maverick architect with fresh ideas - Filippo Brunelleschi - is trying to make his way. Not worried about Filippo's temper, Cosimo and his father, Giovanni, back him.
Using designs not seen for a thousand years, Brunelleschi creates new buildings. Florentines are so entranced, they visit work sites just to see a style they've never seen before. Cosimo and Brunelleschi set out to rebuild a city which could rival Rome
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April 18, 2010 at 09:28 AM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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Filippo Brunelleschi uses a herringbone design in his dome - something never tried before. Both patrons and workers have strong doubts whether Brunelleschi's plan will work.
How can one lay bricks on an inward-curving vault - without any scaffol...ding?! To rid his workers of their disbelief, the architect/builder himself ascends the heights to show everyone how to proceed.
The story of the Renaissance thus begins, in a way, with Brunelleschi's dome. "It touches the sky and casts its shadow over the whole of Tuscany," writes a friend of Cosimo.
To show the world what the Florentines have accomplished, Cosimo de Medici calls the Council of Florence. He even pays expenses for people traveling from far-distant lands.
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April 18, 2010 at 09:36 AM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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To obtain the knowledge Brunelleschi needs - first to accurately create architectural drawings, then to build his cathedral dome - Filippo travels to Rome. Accompanied by Cosimo de Medici, he studies the Parthenon.
This ancient-times survivor is..., initially, a mystery to Brunelleschi. What are the secrets of the Parthenon's dome? How does one make concrete to last more than a thousand years? As the architect studies the ancient building, he begins to understand its structure.
Meanwhile, Giovanni's health begins to fade. Always a modest man, who rides a mule through the streets of Florence, he gives his son a warning: Stay out of the public eye, be modest, go the palace of government only when you are summoned. Giovanni dies, in 1429
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April 18, 2010 at 09:30 AM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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On the 7th of September, 1433, Cosimo de Medici is summoned to the palace of government. The powerful Albizzi family, the power of Florence, has concocted a plan to take down the upstart de Medici family.
Imprisoned at the top of a tower, Cosimo... thinks he will be flung down to his death. But Florence is a republic, and the Albizzi family needs a vote to determine Cosimo's fate. His friends, however, are banned from voting.
Found guilty, Cosimo faces execution. He is spared, however, by paying his jailers a hefty fee. Bribery saves his life, but Cosimo and his family are banished. Even Brunelleschi is jailed, ending work on the dome.
However ... Medici (not Albizzi) money has fueled the rebuilding of Florence, so the family's exile negatively impacts the city when the building stops and people are out of work.
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April 18, 2010 at 09:32 AM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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NOTE: This clip contains a segment on fourteenth-century art and its creative processes. Sculptures of the human body (and their descriptions) may be offensive to some people, especially children. Proceed with caution.
The Pope opens a significan...t line of credit, with the Medici bank, resulting in huge wealth for Cosimo and his family.
Medici art patronage, thus, becomes a political strategy - a key fact leading to an explosion of art development unequaled (at the time) anywhere else in Europe.
Artists, during the early Renaissance, needed patrons (like Cosimo de Medici) because there was no wider art market. People did not go to art galleries, to purchase paintings, like they do today. Cosimo understood that - and he also understood that artists needed time to themselves, away from the demand of their work.
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April 18, 2010 at 09:34 AM
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Ages: 9 - 18
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This is a video slideshow of music and images of Renaissance paintings. Famous artists are listed as well as some information about Renaissance paintings and philosophies. (2:42)
July 14, 2009 at 08:21 AM
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