• Ep 2: Divine Painter

  • Mar 13 2023
  • Duración: 19 m
  • Podcast

  • Resumen

  • Following the commission of Pope Sixtus IV for the Sistine Chapel, public and private projects are soon offered from all over Italy. Perugino starts to struggle to meet this deluge of commitments. In this episode we recount his great works, and soon discover the lesser-known sides of the artist’s personality. Perugino would often escape to the Adriatic coast to avoid the demands of his many clients. He was also known for being quick to anger, and unrelenting with his debtors. Meanwhile, in Florence, the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent brings about a climate of political confusion, and artists are required to conform to the new morality forced upon them by the monk Savonarola. Perugino, however, seems to emerge unscathed from this dark period of political life. Indeed, he seems even to be happy, as these are the years of his great love for a wonderful woman...
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