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Classicist Bettany Hughes present this series about Renaissance Florence

Amongst the Medici: 01/03/2006

01/03/2006

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Was the Renaissance really a renaissance? Was Donatello's David just political posturing?

Was the Renaissance really a renaissance? Was Donatello's David just Medici political posturing? With Bettany Hughes. From March 2006.

Classicist Bettany Hughes continues the series about Renaissance Florence. 

2/3. Could it be that the Renaissance as we know it was not a renaissance at all? Could Donatello's David really be a political statement for the Medici? And what is the connection with Liverpool?

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