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S2025E1
Rise
July 08, 2025
Michelangelo and Leonardo struggle to win work in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy, as they navigate a deadly world of powerful patrons, violent warfare and artistic rivalry.
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Rivalry
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Fierce rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo is heightened by the arrival of Raphael.
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The Magnificence of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling
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Michelangelo unveils the Sistine Chapel ceiling, but the process prompts a crisis of faith....
Rivalry in Florence
S2025E2
Michelangelo and Leonardo both return to Florence, where the stage is set for a fierce rivalry....
Leonardo in Milan
S2025E1
Leonardo travels to Milan, determined to make his name at the court of the Duke of Sforza....
Pietà
S2025E1
Michelangelo carves his Pietà – a remarkable image of the Madonna holding her dead son....
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July 8, 2025
How the greatest artworks of all time were born of an era of war, rivalry and bloodshed.
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