[SunkenCiv]

See the Renaissance as you’ve never seen it before with the help and enthusiasm of art critic Waldemar Januszczak. Questioning some of the common beliefs about this exciting era in the history of art, over four episodes he looks at the influences of religion, the social climate, and the artistic scene in Venice and Bruges on the work of great artists of the time. With fascinating insights into their paintings, he brings them to life in his own unique style. Watch Renaissance Unchained on Da Vinci. Be amazed!

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[ComputerGuy]

Riemenschneider had a distinctive style. I like his work.

[rollo tomasi]

Renaissance started in Florence because of the Medici marketing/banking meme. Art/architecture style had little to do with anything. There were plenty of that “dreaded Gothic” period which in a lot of ways, superior.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for posting, SC. I’m enjoying this show (even though the narrator is extremely annoying!). I never took an art history class in my life, but this is extremely fascinating. The writers sure crammed a lot of information into this show.

There’s a VERY slight family connection for me, too. My paternal great grandfather was a silk merchant in southeast Netherlands in the late 1800s. But the rapid acceleration of cloth manufacture mechanization changed that profession and he moved to Cologne, Germany for another trade. His son (my grandfather) went to work for a battery company in Cologne in the 1890s and was a traveling salesman and service engineer / technician. The company assigned him to Danzig around 1897 where he met his bride. So the family got out of textiles and into the then-high tech. Batteries were used everywhere, for communications, lighting, transportation (rail, cars, boats), and other applications.

[Honorary Serb]

Serbian Renaissance:

https://lifeisacamino.com/2015/01/07/a-serbian-renaissance-in-giottos-lifetime/

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

I visited Florence last spring, and toured several museums. One thing that really stood out was the number of paintings devoted to the Annunciation of Mary.

Whatever the root cause, the mixture of wealth, talented artists, and a desire to give to the church created quite a few masterful works.