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Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
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Season 2025
Episode 1
Michelangelo and Leonardo struggle to win work in the brutal world of Renaissance Italy, as they navigate a deadly world of powerful patrons, violent warfare and artistic rivalry.
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Michelangelo battles Raphael for Papal favor as violent religious schisms engulf Europe.
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Fierce rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo is heightened by the arrival of Raphael.