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We’ll visit three great Gothic churches filled with 800-year-old stained-glass windows.
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These painters brought art from medieval two-dimensional to more life-like 3-D.
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The sculptor Donatello gave his proud statues unprecedented realism and emotion.
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Florence, home of the Renaissance, was also home to three early artistic heroes.
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For two centuries, the Renaissance was an explosion of secular learning, art, and culture.
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Weyden’s exquisitely detailed Last Judgment is filled with symbolism.
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Bosch’s three-paneled masterpiece takes you from earthly delights to a nightmarish Hell.
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Oil paints freed artists like Jan van Eyck, Raphael, and Leonardo to raise the bar.
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Brueghel was a master of slice-of-life scenes capturing country folk at play.
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Flemish paintings were happy slice-of-life scenes, feel-good, and affordable.
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One of the finest works of late medieval art is a celebration of the senses.
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Painters, such as Velázquez, were paid to make royals look more divine than they were.
