The Renaissance - The Age of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci (2/2) | DW Documentary

Beginning at the end of the 14th Century, the Renaissance created a new type of man, triggering economic, scientific, technical, religious, social and cultural developments that are unique in history.
Never before have culture, economics and science developed so rapidly within one century as during the Renaissance. But what was the catalyst for it, what is the "Renaissance factor"? The Renaissance is an epoch unique in human history: Never before have art, culture, economics and science developed so rapidly within a single century. We search for the "Renaissance factor", that combination of influences that triggered a pivotal period in history. It is a journey through time from Ancient Rome to the Crusades and the Black Death in the 14th century, events that defined the developments of the Renaissance. We travel with Michelangelo to the major construction site that was to become St. Peter’s Basilica, to the banking houses of the Medicis and the workshop of Johannes Gutenberg. We examine some of the many innovations of the Renaissance such as linear perspective, the printing press and double-entry bookkeeping. We ask what these achievements mean to us today and how - almost half a millennium later - we continue to benefit from the "Renaissance factor." And we delve deeper with the help of spectacular reenactments and our "special investigators" - modern-day trendsetters, scientists, business tycoons, fashion designers and artists.
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[@708sal123]

I’ve only watched the first 10 min and there are so many errors. It’s incredible. Da Vinci earned money through patronage of powerful families not solely through painting. He was payed handsomely for his works in engineering, architecture, and for inventions of war. He is considered a Renascence man because of his mind. He delved into Botany, Anatomy, hydrodynamics, Human Flight, and even robotics. What made him such a man to remember is He did not separate the Sciences from Art.

[@conmallidis5827]

I could not agree more with your view. I did sit through both episodes, unfortunately there wasn’t an improvement. The writer continued to press myths instead of truths

[@lauramipe2955]

Agree! I watched until the end. There were mistakes in the entire thing

[@mauriceanderson5603]

@@lauramipe2955 thanks for the Heads ups

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

Thank you. Always a pleasure to meet knowledge, even if it's in the comments. So.. thank you!

[@lunafringe10]

one of the biggest genius whoever walked this planet.

[@Chorochronchotor]

For this crazy age, this is an absolutely astonishing documentary. Inspiring yet not pompous. Truthful without need to stick to conventions established on wrong conclusions of our ancestors. I particularly enjoyed the bit about Colombus. Well done!

[@dunique26]

Yes, the columbus part was my favorite as well. If they would have mentioned his perversions as well would have been priceless...

[@mariefmsr]

"....a little bit in god, but more so in spices" im sorry but this line made me chuckle. Love this documentary

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[@MarcosGabrielSantosRocha]

"It's a story of people who did not wish to believe. But to know.". I cannot even express in words how powerful it is! Thanks for the impressive and valuable content! 😁

[@amoahable]

I have just discovered this channel and I am sold. Great documentaries.

[@muhammadsulaiman1361]

Love, respect and admiration from Nigeria By Nura KC Nigeria 🇳🇬🥂

[@lariraksap4253]

loved the effects, infos, the cuts, the narration of this documentary, loved everything about it very wonderfully made.

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi @Meraki Production, Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and for your positive feedback. :-) Best, The DW Documentary Team

[@dan-drop9398]

Painter , Engineer, Architect, Sculpture, Scientist and most of all a Ninja turtle

[@selena-565]

I loved the Ninja Turtles! 😂

[@saywhatagain6176]

i get now why he was the coolest one of them all, plus he had the most baddass weapon the numb chucks!!!

[@5Gazto]

Yeah, Donatello, Michelangelo, Rafael and Leonardo (the leader of the band.)

[@Highandidle81]

Well played sir.

[@pradyumyadav6577]

@@5Gazto x

[@MYLOVEOFIRELAND2303]

Excellent viewing & information!! German DW is amazing & i really appreciate and thoroughly enjoy, ALL DW documentaries. All are so informative, interesting, eye opening & most importantly.....raw, upfront & honest. Thanks for sharing & for greatly educating further, we humans. My best wishes sent to all @ DW & around this incredible world of ours. Peace

[@erenerturk8289]

Amazing Job, thank u for your great effort. I enjoyed.

[@sthenrymary]

Enjoyed hearing the epic achievements of renowned artists -Donatello, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, etc. They were the Renaissance men.

[@imperatordei6615]

Was there a Raphael? ( just a TMNT fan question)

[@imperatordei6615]

@Setsuo Nakano I never heard of him then. What was he most known for?

[@28russ]

@@imperatordei6615 Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. He was also revered for his amazing technique with the sai and pizza eating skills Wikipedia

[@andersont.2267]

I am glad I stumbled upon this short, two-part documentary. It was done exceptionally well. Great work.

[@bingeltube]

Recommendable! Presented a few things I did not know

[@lukemackay6425]

Another incredibly insightful and wonderfully made documentary by DW. Please keep them coming, they are among the best on this platform.

[@JanneWolterbeek]

You took the words out of my mouth.

[@rodrigo9065]

is full of mistakes...

[@tabamenia6876]

Very insightful documentary. Thank you DW.

[@M.Smith1]

Thank you all very much for this documentary of the Renaissance!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching!

[@angelobugini6771]

The Renaissance is an extraordinary documentary! I truly did appreciate it so much. Thanks a lot for sharing! Keep it up!

[@donpula6349]

Yep is really an extraordinary its 1 of my favourite topics in history.

[@yuanaecho3707]

One of the best documentaries I’ve watched. Thank you so much for your work!!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks a lot for watching and taking the time to comment! Be sure to check out our channel for more content. :)

[@aijazahmed2018]

Thank You DW for bringing The Renaissance back to life as a history enthusiastic and refreshed my italy visit of 2015. I must admire the music, the art, the curiosity and most importantly the self believe were depicted beautifully in this video I was literally in tears in the last part of the video, merci beaucoup! ☺But what was the catalyst for it, what is the "Renaissance factor"? The Renaissance is an epoch unique in human history: Never before have art, culture, economics and science developed so rapidly within a single century. We search for the "Renaissance factor", that combination of influences that triggered a pivotal period in history. It is a journey through time from Ancient Rome to the Crusades and the Black Death in the 14th century, events that defined the developments of the Renaissance. We travel with Michelangelo to the major construction site that was to become St. Peter’s Basilica, to the banking houses of the Medicis and the workshop of Johannes Gutenberg. We examine some of the many innovations of the Renaissance such as linear perspective, the printing press and double-entry bookkeeping. We ask what these achievements mean to us today and how - almost half a millennium later - we continue to benefit from the "Renaissance factor." And we delve deeper with the help of spectacular reenactments and our "special investigators" - modern-day trendsetters, scientists, business tycoons, fashion designers and artists. ☺

[@camilohernandez8270]

Amazing content DW really bravo

[@mentalizatelo]

AMAZING production. Thank you, DW.

[@ervinreyna1084]

It was very interesting. Thank you for this amazing documentary.

[@elmiranewyorkstate6855]

Great. I liked the perspective. Well done explanation of the timeline.

[@nahaktam6515]

Thank you so much for this amazing series, I was able to learn a lot and was great quality to watch! :)

[@roadcrossing4965]

nice and fantastic piece of documentary on renaissance, though i am a late viewer of it. nicely explained and portrayed the the happenings in that period of time with much labour and caution.thanks to the creators of the piece which will help millions like me to know about the giant happenings in Europe.

[@katomiler843]

Great post DW. I'm a big fan.

[@garogaryvoskorian2619]

thank you DW for this Michelangelo work! Masterpiece work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mogbaba]

Excellent documentary, thanks.

[@SnoopyDoofie]

1450: Astronomers - "The earth is a sphere and goes around the Sun" 2019: Flat Earthers: "The world is flat"

[@Cortesevasive]

Flat Earthers are trolls, and u react to them, who is the stupid one though.

[@guillermoperalta6659]

Atenians BF, the sun revolves around Earth Now. Vaccines aren't useful

[@sandoristar7597]

"For people who accept not to believe but know" the renaissance in one line

[@isoryte201]

Great work DW. You always deliver.

[@beyondinfinity3876]

Respect to DW!🙏🙏

[@rodthelimey]

Wow. This 2nd video is just as mind-blowing as the 1st.

[@joalexsg9741]

Thank you so much for this wonderful and truly educational doc! Downloading its two parts and sharing as well! By the way, the narrator´s British accent is not only charming but one of the clearest I've ever heard, which is not usually the case in what come to my ears, but for few exceptions:-)

[@MoStip]

Thx 💯 great piece of work ... 👍🏾

[@susmoys]

I wish if I could watch all the documentaries of DW. Best quality docs in the world.

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[@theaveenjava8165]

Beautiful production for this documentary. Very educational. Well done!

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[@PrinceGucci94]

A really brilliant, well produced documentary DW. This is content that is really worth watching. Keep it up. If possible also make content on influentual ancient figures from Africa like Tshaka Zulu, etc

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[@skasabul5135]

Excellent .. Thank you DW ... from India

[@techrafta2687]

nice documentary

[@mickymiller6130]

Excellent. Thank you from Canada.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@carcorr]

Very nice documentary.

[@user-xd9nx9gr5k]

OH.MY.DAYS WOULD YOU EVER STOP BREATHING INTO THE MIC?!!!

[@User-jr7vf]

Yt users tend to recognize the greatness of a video when it's about something in history that doesn't hurt their feelings because it has no side in the present. But if the video is about something which does influences us now, they say the documentary is biased or that it's fake news.

[@dunique26]

The cry baby generation is wht i named them👶👶👶👶

[@martinlunareyes4306]

Great documentary

[@julieincornwall8786]

an enjoyable and informative movie. TQ

[@ai.201]

Such a great and underrated channel.

[@EverGarcia109813]

Excellent documentary.

[@jeffreykalb9752]

The keeping of time was a medieval fascination, as was the obsession with mechanics. Every town wanted a mechanical clock. It was a matter of status. When Bessarion fled at the fall of Constantinople and brought with him the remains of the ancient Greek culture, he remarked that the West was already far ahead of the Byzantines in the mechanical arts. The "Renaissance" was in many respects a retrograde movement, and did not really reflect the genuine culture that was beginning to bloom. Those who wish to understand should read Spengler's "Decline of the West."

[@ninnakriss]

I agree! Probably becuse i have read Spengler.

[@petefarmer3514]

Yep, so TRUE 👏🍻

[@drimbesatsyed]

Such a beautifully done documentary!

[@mrssmith3872]

Mona Lisa was never finished! He worked on it right up until his death. He gave it to his companion .

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

It's actually a pathetic painting - and only became famous because it was stolen from the Louvre in 1911. If it'd been an old shoe, the burglary would have made the shoe famous.

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

@The Random Reign of Vanilla Now, there's an argument! ???

[@nathcascen473]

@@ane-louisestampe7939 calling somethin unviersal claimed as visionary art of piece ow could be pathetic? if something dont suit you doesnt mean its a shit,first lesson for your life.

[@caseyclover1647]

So much beauty, this is perhaps one of the greatest periods in human history. Everyone thinks that so many geniuses existed at the same time was a miracle but in reality the vision of the medici was what brought them together allowed them to thrive. Even today there would be thousands of genius artists who without a patron will simply die without sharing their talents with us. It's an incredible time to be alive, we have so much wealth in the world that we are looking to conquering space and I hope some of that wealth could be used to fund another Renaissance.

[@dhanjeepandey4252]

Great documentary. ....👍👍👍👍👍

[@povpooh]

Awesome work ! Thank you so much DW !

[@davidgonzalez965]

"It's a story of people who did not want to belive, but to know, and who accepted no limits to their quest"

[@scotishjohn]

great doc from DW agin cheers

[@fredmac1000]

Thank you for your efforts

[@eraoflearning6908]

Quest of human can never stop. And repeated renessaince must be the characteristic of human society

[@AuhSojmusic]

I’m afraid the quest of humanity has turned into a questioning of humanity and replacing it with technology. After all A.I is much smarter than a clumsy mortal human. We’ll let the A.I decide 4 us.

[@haidengeary8277]

@@AuhSojmusic Throughout history we have advanced, we have always had technology. Tools, for example, are a technology. AI will not be the problem, like any technology, what matters is how we choice to use it. The OP hit the nail on head, brilliant quote.

[@mozartwolfgang4656]

I think youre ressented.

[@777peacelove]

I love Michelangelo, he really inspires me. And I feel honored and glad to have seen his art in real.🙏 I also have much respect for Leonardo da Vinci. 🙏 They were very intelligent. They really worked from out of their feelings and put their heart and soul into their art, and everything they did. And they were spiritual as well.

[@vanhung2210]

a very inspiring documentary

[@halakassab1996]

Many thanks 👍👏👏👏

[@jhundurwin8433]

Very educational and inspiring to be. They were the brain of this changing world.

[@TianDiener]

Some speculations being presented as facts in this documentary. 🤔

[@janbatista9832]

Like which ones?

[@terrygause29653]

@@janbatista9832 I’ve never seen a bit of evidence, other than one anonymous accusation, that Da Vinci was gay, let alone “openly homosexual”. Maybe he was. I don’t care but we don’t know and the makers of this documentary don’t know.

[@dolphineachonga555]

This was a really enjoyable documentary. Are you going to tackle the industrial revolution? That would be interesting subject matter as well.

[@alfredsutton7233]

What a great program! Better than anything I had in college. Thank you DW.

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi @Alfred Sutton, thanks for watching and commenting! Glad you liked the documentary. 🙂

[@marufkaisar3079]

Great documentary. ❤️it.

[@PotPoet]

The Mona Lisa was a painting whose subject was Leonardo's servant/lover who was named Sali. He appears in drag in many of Leonardo's paintings, each time with a different hair style, and aged according to his age at the time of the painting. Even the title of the painting, "Mona Lisa", is a dual anagram for "Noma Sali", "name Sali". Sali remained with Leonardo and lived with him for his whole life until Leonardo died. He was willed half of Leonardo's estate. Leonardo created weaponry and siege engines for Machiavelli. His living was made as an artist and as an engineer. He also created amazing anatomy drawings based on his patient vivisection of corpses which were supplied to him under questionable circumstances. Certain aspects of Leonardo's life were considered unsavory by later historians and have been generally covered up. Modern scholars are less squeamish about facing the facts of Leonardo's extraordinary life.

[@biosnap_art]

only that it was Isabella of Castile and not her husband Ferdinand of Aragon who gave money to Columbus, in fact, Ferdinand was reluctant as he wanted that money to go to military expenditure. Ferdinand and Isabella had agreements to lend each other money (Castile and Aragon) so if the money for Columbus was coming from the Aragonese funds, most likely was to pay a debt to Castile anyways... but the champion of Columbus was Isabella, not Ferdinand...

[@kyriealarin7951]

Thank you DW for this

[@drimbesatsyed]

DW great work!

[@indoororchidsandtropicals358]

I don't think most people today understand the gravity of saying the earth was not the center of the universe back then.

[@safeysmith6720]

I see what you did there! You did MEAN to do that right?..

[@nina-ciara]

@@safeysmith6720 I would like to know what kind of agenda YOU are pursuing? What he/she meant, according to you? You are very enigmatic..... tell us....

[@aaronrubin1591]

@@nina-ciara He's mentioning the pun and wondering whether OP meant the pun or it was just a convenience of the topic.

[@nina-ciara]

@@aaronrubin1591 🤣😂you didn't get it, do you?

[@aaronrubin1591]

@@nina-ciara Damn, went right over my head :(

[@edwardlee2794]

thanks for the great documentary. through years. there are bits and pieces of renaissance and its well known figures. this documentary pieces it together, a good reference to a Chinese work 歎世界~carbon world which attributes the renaissance to the modern-day standards of artistic beauty. great documentary. thanks n keep up with the good work. from HK.

[@AlokKumar-ie3vy]

Masterpiece!

[@safeysmith6720]

This was pretty good!

[@benediktmorak4409]

tolle Sprecherin. da macht es Freude zuzuhören. Kein mit erhobenem Finger - predigen -. aber auch kein - we have a problem-, das mann so oft hört. - chapeau -.

[@ttpttlaca7674]

I really love this documentry 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@DaeronK]

Outstanding documentary! Thank you!

[@shahajic3389]

Many things were left unanswered and me puzzled too like about start of Renaissance ( from which place, when, important people in this etc), but overall it was captivating. Good work.

[@nehapande1065]

Please watch Part I.

[@marcobelli6856]

Because this is Part 2 Bro all of that is in the Part 1

[@GabrielMatilingSalistreJr]

The School Of Athens is one of the greatest masterpiece I’ve ever seen.

[@joemfk1]

The statement about Columbus in the opening casts a shadow on this episode

[@oneshothunter9877]

I noticed that too. Columbus reached the Caribian. Vespucci Amerigo found the mainland, therefor called America.

[@sweetsjelly]

Brilliant! Thank you 🤓

[@roniquebreauxjordan1302]

Good documentary

[@maryamadirie8722]

Bro like respect to DW!!!!!!! Best doc in the world lok

[@dunique26]

Thank you for telling the TRUTH about wht Columbus "discovery" really did and did not do. You have gained a subscriber, for your honesty...

[@mspoints4fre123]

Such an evil dude. Said some random person living in North America benefiting from Colombus' actions every day sitting on their high horse.

[@dewdop]

@@mspoints4fre123 cope and begone,, Columbus simp.

[@marcobelli6856]

If you are a native respect. If you are white American either you Go back to Europe or shut up about colombus you have to thank him

[@tomzeman5964]

By far the greatest Astronomer of all time & certainly the Renaissance Tycho Brahe not only invented numerous astronomical & navigational devices but confirmed the geocentric Earth centered solar system was not even mentioned!

[@Lou.B]

I really enjoyed this documentary!!!

[@janicerivera5570]

Kudos and thanks to all responsible for researching and producing this excellent documentary.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching.

[@sabihatanveer8494]

A great watch

[@YEEEEAHAHSHEHA]

praying this gets me though my modern world history test tomorrow (omfg it tomorrow) i just realized its Thursday

[@endovelyco1906]

its sad that we arent capable of doing better art than Renaissance, we supposed to be evolving not retrogressing

[@dewdop]

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[@DaveBuildsThings]

@@dewdop Questioning without a question? Man up and ask the question. History must be learned and remembered or we just repeat it over and over again. Excellent documentary!

[@waynelast1685]

As bad as Columbus was to the indigenous populations, if not him it would have been someone else, as it was inevitable as the human population increased then the east and west would merge and contagious disease would spread.

[@MM-jm8bg]

superb documentary. THanks for making and uploading it.

[@ResidualSelfImage]

The magnetic compass shows direction. the Astrolabe /sextant is used to estimate latitude location ...remember Columbus did not have a Satellite GPS ... no radio telemetry support... no radar ... the nautical ropes/ sundial/ clock is use to determine distance traveled over time which is use to estimate longitudinal location... timing the sailing voyage with known ocean current pattern and wind patterns was important too...

[@Ddub1083]

"The renaissance was when people started keeping track of time." - facepalm.... totally right and its just a strange coincidence that their hours and minute system was created over 2000 years earlier, they just didnt start using it until the 16th century. The invention of mechanical timepieces is not when humans started keeping time....

[@petterilindholm4994]

was when PEOPLE started keeping track, they're saying, meaning "normal" people, I guess that being the bourgeoisie of the cities. Ofcourse they don't think that that was the first time that time was ever measured.

[@Ddub1083]

@@petterilindholm4994 haha sure fair enough... but I felt like bein a bit hyperbolic :)

[@J.Hermansson]

The correct statement would be -"this is when people started keepingf track of time, again." since ancient people kept track of time, and the solar system long before the renaissance.

[@sarahyoung7312]

Davidlbowie

[@dhhfgfffdd9206]

Ddub, you're telling your true age🙃...you and that other one in here🙃🤐

[@mikestewart6517]

Many thanks DW.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time comment. Stay tuned for more :)

[@StanleyKowalski.]

6:02. 4 wheel vehicle on the bottom left, cant move forward or backward if a person operates the mechanism in the middle of wheels. wheels will move opposite directions , not same direction to move it forward ( or backward)

[@morenofranco9235]

Excellent.

[@Rckstrroma5]

Now this is art

[@robertruggiero9999]

Let’s correct Mr Roeck’s comments on Columbus: 1. He did discover the “new world” for the Europeans as this world was unknown to them; 2. He did not cause the catastrophe of South America. This was caused by the greed of the Spanish conquistadores

[@anjinsan9247]

Wow, Mona Lisa is such a beauty at 1:26 , not at the picture