Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty

Overview

The greatest art works of all time - born of war and bloodshed - as rival artists Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael compete to craft beauty from chaos. Starring Charles Dance.

Network

• BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Charles Dance

  Old Michaelangelo

  3 eps

• 

  Sophie Okonedo

  Self - Narrator

  3 eps

• Eddie Mann

  Michelangelo

  3 eps

• Jonny Glynn

  Leonardo da Vinci

  3 eps

• Joshua Duffy

Themes

• leonardo da vinci
• historical figure
• art history
• michelangelo
• portrait of an artist
• artistic legacy
• history and legacy
• historical documentary
• raphael

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