Movies: Italian renaissance
- 1965
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
The Agony and the Ecstasy7.01965HD
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his paint...
- 2020
Leonardo da Vinci and the Bust of Flora (2020)
Leonardo da Vinci and the Bust of Flora7.22020HD
Acquired in July 1909 by art collector Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), director general of the Prussian Art Collections and founding director of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, now the Bode-Museum, the Bust of Flora, Roman goddess of flowers, has been the...
- 2021
The Savior for Sale (2021)
The Savior for Sale7.42021HD
In November 15, 2017, the painting Salvator Mundi, attributed to Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), was sold for an unprecedented $450 million. An examination of the dirty secrets of the art world and the surprising story of how a work of ...
- 1990
Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
Cellini: A Violent Life61990HD
The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes. There is also the mini-series version consist...
- 1953
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
Lucrèce Borgia4.31953HD
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister’s husband murdered. But without her brother’s knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a...
- 1990
A Season of Giants (1990)
A Season of Giants6.51990HD
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious persecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America....
- 1944
La fornarina (1944)
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During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden of the people, becomes her lover and lives with her. But this relationship arouses the jealousy of a beautiful aristocrat who secretly orders the kidna...
- 2018
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci (2018)
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Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he acquired his anatomical knowledge....
- 2017
Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science (2017)
Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science92017HD
New evidence suggests that many of Leonardo da Vinci's ideas can be traced to other scientists as far back as 1700 years. This film was used as the S16E5 episode of the PBS TV series Secrets of the Dead broadcast on 2017/04/05....
- 1970
On the Day of the Lord (1970)
On the Day of the Lord4.31970HD
Margherita nicknamed Fornarina is Raphael's mistress. Beatrice, a noblewoman who is also in love with the famous painter tries to get her out of the way, by having her wrongly accused of the murder of a loan shark, whom she has in reality killed hers...
- 2019
Bellini and Mantegna: Renaissance Rivals (2019)
Bellini and Mantegna: Renaissance Rivals62019HD
The mysterious parallel story of Italian painters Andrea Mantegna (ca. 1431-1506) and Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1435-1516), brothers-in-law, public rivals and masters of the early Renaissance....
- 2021
Raffaello – Il giovane prodigio (2021)
Raffaello – Il giovane prodigio7.72021HD
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- 1983
Masaccio: A View of Mankind (1983)
Masaccio: A View of Mankind01983HD
English artist, writer, curator and teacher Sir Lawrence Gowing narrates a personal exploration of some of the great Florentine painter Masaccio's key works....
- 1973
Monna Vanna (1973)
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- 1976
Michelangelo (1976)
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Animated short film of Michelangelo set to Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - I. Allegro con brio....
- 2018
Palazzo Vecchio (2018)
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Palazzo Vecchio: a history of art and power. Directed by Piero Messina, through a clever movement of the narration between past and present, makes a real journey into the beauty of an ancient place that still retains its undisputed charm....
- 1998
L'Orfeo, Favola in musica (1998)
L'Orfeo, Favola in musica01998HD
First seen at La Monnaie in Brussels on 13 May 1998, this production of Monteverdi’s L’ORFEO seen through the eyes of Trisha Brown and René Jacobs has become an operatic classic in a few short years. This is doubtless because it offers a total symbio...
- 2020
Raffaello. Il mito e la modernità (2020)
Raffaello. Il mito e la modernità52020HD
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