The Renaissance - The Age of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci (1/2)

Beginning at the end of the 14th Century, the Renaissance created a new type of man, triggering economic, scientific, technical, religious, social and cultural developments that are unique in history. Never before have culture, economics and science developed so rapidly within one century as during...

42 min - History - DW Documentary

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1. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (4/5) - View on Amazon
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3. Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
4. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King - View on Amazon
5. A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
6. Symbolic images by E. H. Gombrich - View on Amazon
7. Immodest Acts by Judith C. Brown - View on Amazon
8. The Portable Harlem Renaissance reader by Lewis, David L. - View on Amazon

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