In this episode, the Rennaisance, Rick Stevens does an excellent job hosting and narrating. Mostly interior shots. Painting and sculpture are the main topics with some architecture thrown in for good measure. An amazing amount of info is covered in the limited run time. A bonus is the little details included, such as the fact that Leonardo Da Vinci played the flute! The camera work is top notch. Artists touched upon include, Giotto, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Michaelangelo(Sistine Chapel, etc.), Davinci(The Last Supper, etc.), Botticello(Birth of Venus, etc.), Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Albrecht Dürer(self portrait painting, Adam and Eve engraving, etc.), Van Eyck(Arnolfini Wedding), Bruegel the Elder, Van der Weyden, Bosch. Just before the Bosch segment a painting is shown with no credits. It is Hans Memling's St John Altarpiece. The Dürer segment stands out as we are actually shown the engraving process!
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