Renaissance - Ep 1 - Body and Soul
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Andrew Graham-Dixon embarks on a quest to find the origins of the Renaissance. His journey takes him to Macedonia, the Low Countries and Venice, revealing a complex tapestry of influences along the way - and leading him to conclude that Western civilisation owes a huge debt to the legacy of the East.
Renaissance - Ep 2 - The Pure Radiance of the Past
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Andrew Graham-Dixon visits Florence, where he puts the city's claim to be the cradle of the Renaissance to the test. He looks at works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Masaccio and Ghiberti, and examines Florence's colourful political background.
Renaissance - Ep 4 - Apocalypse
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Andrew Graham-Dixon examines the millennial anxiety of 1499, when Europe was gripped by apocalyptic fear as hellfire preachers predicted the end of the world. Events saw the fracture of the Universal Church, culminating in the Sack of Rome, which dealt a brutal death-blow to the Roman Renaissance.
Renaissance - Ep 5 - Light and Liberty
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Andrew Graham-Dixon visits Venice. The city, founded by refugees and made rich through foreign trade, became the source of the greatest painters of light and colour. Featuring works by Bellini, Titian and Tintoretto.
Renaissance - Ep 6 - The End of the Renaissance?
2K views · Sep 1, 2024 thebeaumonde.org
Andrew Graham-Dixon concludes the series by asking how the Renaissance came to an end and examining its legacy. He argues that cinema has inherited many of its key qualities: the emotional drama of life, the immediacy of storytelling and a celebration of the human body.