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A Fresh Guide to Florence

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28/09/2019 GMT

BBC World News - A Fresh Guide to Florence

Hip-hop legend Fab 5 Freddy explores 15th-century Italian renaissance art on horseback.

Hip-hop legend and art lover Fab 5 Freddy saddles up to explore 15th-century Italian renaissance art in 15th-century style - on horseback.

In this revelatory documentary, hip-hop legend and art lover Fab 5 Freddy (aka Fred Brathwaite) saddles up to explore 15th-century Italian renaissance art in 15th-century style - on horseback. Amidst superstar artists such as Michelangelo, Giotto, Ghiberti and Carpaccio, Fab discovers groundbreaking images of a multi-racial and multi-ethnic society that have slipped through the cracks of art history.

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