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The Italian Renaissance Episodes

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    Vesalius

    The physician and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy

  2. Claudio Monteverdi

    Composer violinist singer and priest who refined the madrigal and created opera

  3. Pope Julius II

    Pope patron and politician he commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel

  4. Michelangelo

    The intense talent and personal struggles of one of the great artists of the Renaissance

  5. Lorenzo de Medici

    The brilliant and ruthless statesman and his contribution to the Italian renaissance