The Medici
So I just finished watching a PBS documentary series on YouTube called The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance. (If you click the link, pay attention to the episode numbers. The first one's on the bottom.)
I rather liked this documentary. Scenes were enacted by live action actors. A lot of the actions were mimed since I suppose they felt the actors speaking might take away from the scene? Sometimes it was unintentionally amusing but it wasn't all silly, and the actors were quite good at facial expressions. Pictured above is the actor who played my favorite Medici: Còsimo di Giovanni degli Mèdici. Not for his funny hat. Though that is awesome. But because, of all the Medici, he seemed the smartest. He was the first of the Medici line and patron to many artists such as Donatello, as well as the brilliant architect and inventor of linear perspective Brunelleschi.
Most importantly, though, he didn't get too big for his breeches. He was a shrewd political mind, who managed to make the city love rather than fear him. I'm not sure if the documentary watered it down, though, or if he really was the least violent of the Medici. But it seemed that way. This isn't to say he was a fluffy bunny. But he didn't slaughter whole towns as an example to others.
I rather liked this documentary. Scenes were enacted by live action actors. A lot of the actions were mimed since I suppose they felt the actors speaking might take away from the scene? Sometimes it was unintentionally amusing but it wasn't all silly, and the actors were quite good at facial expressions. Pictured above is the actor who played my favorite Medici: Còsimo di Giovanni degli Mèdici. Not for his funny hat. Though that is awesome. But because, of all the Medici, he seemed the smartest. He was the first of the Medici line and patron to many artists such as Donatello, as well as the brilliant architect and inventor of linear perspective Brunelleschi.
Most importantly, though, he didn't get too big for his breeches. He was a shrewd political mind, who managed to make the city love rather than fear him. I'm not sure if the documentary watered it down, though, or if he really was the least violent of the Medici. But it seemed that way. This isn't to say he was a fluffy bunny. But he didn't slaughter whole towns as an example to others.
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