Renaissance Revolution

A series on Renaissance painting presented by Matthew Collings.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	Renaissance Revolution
First Air Date	October 16, 2010
Last Air Date	October 30, 2010
Seasons	1
Episodes	3
Episode Runtime	1h 0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies
Networks	BBC Two

S01E03

Piero Della Francesca - Baptism of Christ

The Baptism of Christ by Italian master Piero Della Francesca showed the household names of the High Renaissance how to use the big new trick of Renaissance painting - illusionism and perspective. Without him their achievements would have been impossible, but change came so rapidly in the Renaissance that the qualities that made Piero famous in his own time quickly went out of fashion.

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