In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister’s husband murdered. But without her brother’s knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias.

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to scul...

The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French cou...

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes...

French silent film pioneer Abel Gance directs this 1935 classic about Lucrezia Borgia, her brother, ...

Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married th...

The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia...

This loose adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic shifts the story to Italy and back in time, with th...

The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and a...

Palazzo Vecchio: a history of art and power. Directed by Piero Messina, through a clever movement of...

Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering wh...
Animated short film of Michelangelo set to Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - I. Allegro con brio.

A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

English artist, writer, curator and teacher Sir Lawrence Gowing narrates a personal exploration of s...

During Italian renaissance, young painter Raffaello Sanzio falls in love with Margherita, a maiden o...

First seen at La Monnaie in Brussels on 13 May 1998, this production of Monteverdi’s L’ORFEO seen th...

Acquired in July 1909 by art collector Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), director general of the Prussia...