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Renaissance #230 – Michelangelo's Pietà: How to Make Sexy Jesus Vatican-Approved (Michelangelo, part 8)
Cameron and Ray dive deep into Michelangelo's masterpiece, the Pietà, exploring how a 24-year-old sculptor created one of the most revolutionary works in art history. They discuss the…
Renaissance #229 – The Cardinal and the Block of Stone (Michelangelo, part 7)
In this episode, we follow a young, broke, stubborn, and supremely confident Michelangelo as he stumbles into what will become one of the most consequential commissions in the…
Renaissance #228 – Drunken Gods and Dead Sons (Michelangelo, part 6)
In this episode, Cameron and Ray follow a very young Michelangelo as he ricochets from political exile to artistic breakthrough, moving from Bologna to Rome while barely out…
Renaissance #227 – Twink Jesus and the Kneeling Angel (Michelangelo, part 5)
In this episode, Cameron and Ray start with Lorenzo de’ Medici’s death, political instability in Florence, Michelangelo’s scramble for patronage, his anatomical research (complete with cadavers), the wooden…