Florence’s annual art contest is here, and Leonardo and Lisa are competing against Michelangelo. With oil-based sabotages and schemes of stolen identity, who will triumph?
This week we discuss Michelangelo and Leonardo’s rivalry, whether the Duke can truly love democracy as a reigning monarch, and how this should have been a Lisa episode.
Joining us today is art historian Meg who has some surprising truths to reveal about the real-life paintings used in his episode.
(Originally recorded in 2023)
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Sources
Art featured this episode: Baptism of Christ – Verrocchio and Leonardo
San Francesco al Prato Resurrection - Pietro Perugino
Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo's painting irl, Michelangelo's painting in the show)
