Renaissance The Pure Radiance of the Past

The Pure Radiance of the Past

Andrew Graham-Dixon visits Florence to explore the city's reputation as cradle of the Renaissance. Here the patronage of the fabulously wealthy Medici family encouraged the flowering of talents as diverse as all-round genius Michelangelo, sculptor Donatello, painter Masaccio and architect Brunelleschi, whose experiments with perspective remain a hallmark of the age