In this episode, Cameron and Ray return to the early 1500s, a time when Michelangelo was transitioning from a famous Florentine artist to a “superhuman” international celebrity. The duo discusses the transition of artists from mere interchangeable tradesmen to revered geniuses, specifically focusing on the period after the completion of the marble *David*. They dive into the mystery of the “lost” bronze *David* commissioned for the French , the somber and prophetic beauty of the *Bruge Madonna* , and the bizarre moment when the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II tried to hire Michelangelo to build a bridge across the Bosporus—essentially offering him Leonardo da Vinci’s “sloppy seconds”. Along the way, there are detours into the scientific mythology of vampires, the cinematic excellence of Wesley Snipes in *Blade*, and why history has no bottom to its barrel.
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The Hundred-Armed Superstar – The Renaissance #233 (Michelangelo Part 11)
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