A Guide To Survive In Renaissance Florence Under Medici Rule | How To Get Ahead | Perspective

Stephen Smith, explores Renaissance Florence under the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo Medici. Cosimo’s fledgling court prized the finer things in life and some of the greatest painters, sculptors and craftsmen in world history came to serve the Grand Duke. However, successful courtiers had to have brains as well as brawn. The canniest of them looked to theorists like Niccolo Machiavelli for underhand ways to get ahead, whilst enlightened polymaths turned their minds to the heavens, and to ice cream. Subscribe and click the bell icon to get more arts content every week: Perspective is YouTube’s home for the arts. Come here to get your fill of great music, theatre, art and much, much more! Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free exclusive podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Matt Lewis and more. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code PERSPECTIVE: 📺 It’s like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit, the world’s best history documentary service and get 50% off using the code ’PERSPECTIVE’ Any queries, please contact us at: perspective@ #Painting #Art #History