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The Italian Renaissance Episodes Available now
Claudio Monteverdi
Composer violinist singer and priest who refined the madrigal and created opera
Vesalius
The physician and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy
Pope Julius II
Pope patron and politician he commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
The intense talent and personal struggles of one of the great artists of the Renaissance
Lorenzo de Medici
The brilliant and ruthless statesman and his contribution to the Italian renaissance
