Synopsis
Rossellini's three-part television history of fifteenth-century Florence under Cosimo de' Medici and of the humanist Leon Battista Alberti; part three.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Language
- Italian
- Collection
- Feature Films
- Internet Archive item
- the-age-of-medici-part-3-of-3
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Roberto Rossellini
- Manuel de Sica
- Renaissance
- Enlightenment
- English-subtitles
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · The renaissance made visible · jforiordan · 2022-01-10
I came to this from an art historical background, and to my delight it presents, in a very considered way, the visible history that lies behind the glorious art and architecture of 15th c. Italy. It reveals the ferment of artistic and intellectual ideas, when the Italians of the day began to recover the ideas and artistic values of ancient Greece and Rome and to ally humanistic philosophy with Christian theology. Rossellini's trilogy brings the personalities of the leading figures of the Italian renaissance to vivid life, revealing the ultra refined sensibilities that sometimes coexisted with…