Synopsis

Following a period of medieval turmoil, Europe turned once more to the artistic traditions of antiquity, with Florence at the forefront of this revival. We find delight in the audacious spirit embodied by the Cathedral’s soaring dome and Botticelli’s graceful Venus. Leonardo da Vinci offers us the iconic *Last Supper* and the enigmatic *Mona Lisa*. And Michelangelo—sculptor of *David*, painter of the Sistine Chapel, and architect of St. Peter's—propels the Florentine Renaissance to unprecedented