1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,640 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,000 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,800 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,560 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:13,720 6 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,400 fierce and toothless 7 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,040 8 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,760 9 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,280 teach you at school 10 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,240 11 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:27,520 12 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,960 13 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,960 Horrible Histories presents... 14 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:43,440 The early Middle Ages in Europe were called... 15 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,960 ..the Dark Ages. 16 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,040 Ancient Greek and Roman teachings on culture and science 17 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,720 from centuries before had been lost, 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,880 and replaced by fighting. 19 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,560 It's true. We did kind of forget about all that old stuff... 20 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,800 ..and we love a scrap. 21 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,000 But that's about to change in... 22 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:09,440 Italian translator Gerard of Cremona 23 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,960 wants to rediscover that knowledge, 24 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:15,520 and he thinks it can be found...in the East. 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,720 Do you think it's weird that while we, in the Islamic world, 26 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,560 looked after all the ancient Greek and Roman knowledge, 27 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,360 the people who were actually in Greece and Italy 28 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,520 just sort of forgot about it all? 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:28,560 All they do is fight! 30 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,280 Turns out the Islamic scholars kept track of everything! 31 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:35,920 It's all here in their works! 32 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,280 They even improved quite a lot of it. 33 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,000 Now, all we have to do is translate it. 34 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,480 And so, that work begins. 35 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,560 Almost 200 years later, 36 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,720 Italian scholar Petrarch continues the job. 37 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,280 I have travelled across Europe, 38 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,880 piecing together scraps of ancient Roman writings 39 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,840 to help inspire a new era of culture and creativity. 40 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,080 They'll call it "the Rebirth of the Ancient World." 41 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,720 Hmm! Or you could call it something fancy, like 42 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,440 "The Rebirth," but, like, in French or something. 43 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,240 Wait! 44 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,000 You mean... 45 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,760 "The Renaissance." 46 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,600 No. I cannot see that catching on. 47 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,880 MUSIC FADES AND SLOWS 48 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,080 Well, give it a chance! 49 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:25,000 It's an era that inspired great artists like Leonardo da Vinci... 50 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,160 Now that we have rediscovered the work of Rome and Greece, 51 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:29,960 maybe we can build on it, 52 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,400 creating our own ideas, our own art, plays and philosophy! 53 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,800 Yeah, but we can keep fighting, right? 54 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,280 I mean...fighting is cool! 55 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:38,760 Oh, sure! 56 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,000 I just had a new idea for something called A TANK! 57 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Believe me, you can kill way more people with this. 58 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,360 Sweet! 59 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,520 ..an era of mostly creative genius... 60 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:57,640 ..and a whole bunch of popes! 61 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,040 Yes, you are right to be excited! 62 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,560 It's me, the artist Michelangelo, 63 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,440 painter, sculptor and probably the biggest star of the Renaissance. 64 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,000 And I am Leonardo da Vinci, 65 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,800 I am not just a great artist 66 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,440 but also an amazing inventor, 67 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,280 which, according to some people, 68 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,840 makes me the greatest Renaissance star. 69 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,600 What?! Who are these "some people"? 70 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,040 They're the cool people... ..you wouldn't know them! 71 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,120 Anyway, you've probably heard of my painting... 72 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:34,480 ..the Mona Lisa! 73 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:35,600 Oh! 74 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,560 Who doesn't like that enigmatic face?! 75 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:38,600 Am I right?! 76 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:42,040 Just one of the masterpieces by the person some of the people 77 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,480 are calling the greatest star of the Renaissance. 78 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,560 Mmm... Yeah, I guess it was OK, 79 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,560 but not as good as painting a whole chapel. 80 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,280 I painted the ceiling of the famous Sistine Chapel. 81 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,480 It is a massive masterpiece 82 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,000 by probably the greatest artist of the Renaissance... 83 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,560 ..me! Ooh, a ceiling. 84 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:05,080 So, in a way, you're more of a kind of painter-decorator than an artist. 85 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,080 DA VINCI SCOFFS Very funny. 86 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,720 CHORAL MUSIC 87 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,840 PAINT PLOPS Argh! 88 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,800 That's it, I've had enough! 89 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,360 Stupid ceiling! 90 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,480 Pope Julius! Michelangelo. MICHELANGELO GROWLS 91 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,520 OK, I'm sensing a vibe. 92 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,800 I was hoping giving you the job of painting the ceiling 93 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,280 of the Sistine Chapel would be fun. 94 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:31,760 You are very good at painting! 95 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,840 HE FORCES A LAUGH 96 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:33,920 Fun?! 97 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,800 You think painting the ceiling is fun?! 98 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:37,840 HE FORCES A LAUGH 99 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,640 Well, I've written a little poem 100 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,400 about just how much fun I've been having! 101 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,520 HE BREATHES SHARPLY, BASS PLAYS 102 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:52,000 I've already grown a goitre from this torture, 103 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,240 hunched up here like a cat in Lombardy. 104 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,280 Meow! 105 00:04:56,280 --> 00:04:58,880 My stomach's squashed under my chin, 106 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:00,880 my beard's pointing at heaven, 107 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:04,520 my brain's crushed in a casket, 108 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,680 my breast twists like a harpy's. 109 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,720 Sorry, what's a harpy? 110 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,960 It's a... Well, it's kind of like a woman, but with a bird's body 111 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,400 and wings... It doesn't matter! 112 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,040 JAZZY SNARE ROLL 113 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,720 My brush, above me all the time, 114 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:24,920 dribbles paint so my face makes a fine floor for droppings, 115 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,160 because I'm stuck...like...this! 116 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,400 Aw, but that ceiling looks fantastic! 117 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,040 No! JAZZY TUNE KICKS IN 118 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,880 Anyone shoots badly through a crooked blowpipe. 119 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:37,920 HE BLOWS HARSHLY 120 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,600 My painting is dead. 121 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,200 Defend it for me... 122 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:42,760 ..defend my honour! 123 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,840 I am not in the right place... 124 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:47,200 ..I am not a painter! 125 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,560 I don't know about that. 126 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,720 You're certainly more of a painter than you are a poet, 127 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,400 am I right? Eh? 128 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,600 Oh, no. That's very dirty. 129 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,040 MICHELANGELO GROWLS 130 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,160 You know, the fact that painting the Sistine Chapel 131 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,600 was difficult for you, 132 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:02,720 it makes me sad. 133 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,520 Oh...thank you. 134 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,760 Sad that I wasn't there to see you struggle! 135 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,120 DA VINCI LAUGHS AND WHOOPS 136 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,560 But seriously... 137 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,680 ..being an artist in the Renaissance was pretty challenging. 138 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,360 We started using techniques like perspective again, 139 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,200 and it all really changed how we showed the world... 140 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,720 ..and the human body. 141 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,840 Now, all these changes made our work much more realistic 142 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:24,240 and detailed than before. 143 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,960 Like my sculpture, the statue of David. 144 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,080 Or my Vitruvian Man. 145 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:34,440 OK, I have finished my extremely lifelike painting of you. 146 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:35,480 Brilliant! 147 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:36,840 I cannot wait to... 148 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:39,080 DA VINCI MOANS, MICHELANGELO LAUGHS 149 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:40,880 It's the poo emoji! 150 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:43,920 DA VINCI GRUMBLES 151 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,600 CHORAL MUSIC 152 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,400 POPE HUMS 153 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,120 Just going about business. 154 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,920 Oh, hi Raphael. 155 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,520 Ah. Come on, guys, let's give him some space, shall we? 156 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,640 He's painting a lovely fresco for me. 157 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,040 I'm Pope Julius II. This is my palace and you'll do what I say! 158 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,160 Right! Remember, Your Excellency, it's just a painting! 159 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,360 POPE THUDS Ooh! 160 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,680 Every single day. 161 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,600 Come on, let's get you up. 162 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:07,920 Who put that window there? 163 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,080 Your Excellency, we talked about this yesterday, 164 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:11,120 it's just a painting. 165 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,520 I painted it using a technique called perspective. 166 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,360 It tries to copy how people and buildings look in real life. 167 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,320 All of that is just a painting. 168 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:19,520 All a painting? 169 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,160 That is fascinating, Raphael. 170 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:22,520 Uh... 171 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,280 ..you've got a bit of the philosopher Aristotle on your face. 172 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:26,880 Here? Other side. 173 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:27,960 Oh. 174 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,360 It's really very simple, Your Holiness. 175 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,280 Perspective is a way of showing the relative distances of objects 176 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,480 and making a flat image look three-dimensional, 177 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,280 using mathematical techniques developed by the Greeks and Romans 178 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,080 which we've recently rediscovered. 179 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:41,320 You lost me on "simple". 180 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:43,360 OK. 181 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,600 You know how people further away look smaller? 182 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,400 Some people who are further away ARE smaller. 183 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,160 I know this bishop from the south of France. He's tiny! 184 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,800 Yeah, definitely! 185 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,440 But I mean people you can see. 186 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:55,480 Let me show you. 187 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:56,800 Ooh, look! 188 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,840 I'm getting smaller as I get further away. 189 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,480 Ah! You see? 190 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,120 Yeah, yeah, yeah, you are getting smaller. 191 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,240 Like those people there. RAPHAEL LAUGHS 192 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,200 Again, that's just a painting! 193 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,600 Yes, I see. 194 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,080 So... 195 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:13,560 ..using perspective, 196 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:18,000 we can create the illusion of things being FURTHER away. 197 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,720 Oh, it's an illusion! 198 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,240 You are so clever with that. That's brilliant! 199 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,800 Your Holiness, you actually understand it? 200 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,840 Completely. Great. 201 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,760 I'm going to hang out with that bald guy there. He seems cool. 202 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,800 Say I said hi. I will. 203 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,640 It's the Pope! Hey, how's it going?! 204 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,720 HE GROANS Pope down. 205 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,480 Hi, I'm William Shakespeare, 206 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,160 and during the late Renaissance period, 207 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,840 I wrote my world-famous plays and poems. 208 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,200 Probably not. 209 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,280 It's not working. I'll have to start again. 210 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,960 So, it wasn't just in Italy that great artists and writers 211 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,760 were at work during the Renaissance, 212 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,000 but where did I set 15 of my brilliant plays? 213 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,400 Was it A - London... 214 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:08,680 ..B - Italy... 215 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:10,640 ..or C - America? 216 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,280 The answer is B - Italy. 217 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:13,880 Well, I might be writing in England, 218 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,600 but setting plays in Italy makes them sound extra cool and exciting. 219 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:18,640 Now... 220 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,080 ..back to the love poems. 221 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,040 LIQUID POURS LOUDLY 222 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:28,400 I know what you're thinking... 223 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,360 ..it's a gift. 224 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,800 So, the Renaissance was happening all over the world, 225 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,120 and even writers in England were getting creative. 226 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,360 But the Renaissance wasn't just about the arts. 227 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:42,760 Some people were becoming very rich...and very powerful. 228 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,360 Which was lucky for us, 229 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,080 because one way of showing off how much money you had 230 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:49,840 was to commission art. 231 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,080 CASH REGISTER TINGS And in Italy, 232 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,560 the super-rich Medici family were paying us artists for A LOT of art! 233 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:59,560 CASH REGISTER TINGS FRANTICALLY Oh, I like them a lot! 234 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:02,000 So much Medici love in this room! 235 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,600 The Medicis became so rich that they had their own bank, 236 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,480 which isn't like the kind of bank you might know. 237 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:10,400 In the Renaissance Medici bank, 238 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,520 you could go in and borrow much more... 239 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:13,920 BOTH: Than just money. 240 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:14,960 Let me do it. 241 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:16,240 We could do it together? 242 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,440 No. 243 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,120 I'm really excited to be working at the Medici family bank, Mr Giovanni. 244 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,160 Oh, yeah, sure. 245 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,520 Um... Of course we're much the same as the dozens of other 246 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:25,840 family banks in Florence, 247 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,240 only we're bigger and we try to find our clients 248 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,480 some of the specialist items they require. 249 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:31,920 Is that the Pope?! 250 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,200 Your Holiness, how are you today? 251 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:34,480 Oh, excellent! Yes. 252 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,160 Thank you for handling my new tapestry. 253 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,160 It's a bit bigger than I thought, though. 254 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:40,760 HE GRUNTS 255 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,920 Yes, should have sent for a cart! 256 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,520 Well, buy whatever you want, Your Holiness. 257 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:45,680 Ooh! After all, 258 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:48,120 he does let us look after his money and collect his taxes, 259 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,320 which means ka-ching... Ooh! ..for us Medicis. 260 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,560 Wow, I can't believe that Pope John XXIII is one of your clients! 261 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:55,200 Yeah, it doesn't hurt to have customers 262 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,480 who are that rich and powerful. 263 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,320 Where shall I put this box of saints' toes? 264 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,080 Uh, over there on the shelf between the fingers and the jars of tears. 265 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:04,320 OK. 266 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,920 You sell toes and fingers of saints? 267 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:08,760 Yep...but they'll cost you an arm and a leg! 268 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,200 No, it was a joke. Joking. 269 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,440 The arms and legs actually cost much more than that. 270 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,360 We provide everything from painted wooden panels from Antwerp 271 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,280 to, uh... Oh, wow! ..choir boys! 272 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,160 CHOIR BOYS SING HIGH NOTE 273 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,120 Yeah... Uh, not now, please, guys. 274 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,320 Wow, banking is really different to what I was expecting. 275 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,320 Yeah. What's the weirdest thing one of your clients 276 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,360 have asked you to find? 277 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:29,880 Geraldo. 278 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,720 And what...what does Geraldo do? 279 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,360 Well, licks the ceiling mostly. 280 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,440 Yeah, Geraldo's my name for our giraffe. 281 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:36,680 GERALDO GRUNTS 282 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:38,920 In fact, someone's coming to pick him up soon, 283 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,080 so, uh... 284 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,920 ..just scrub out his stall, and then when you're done with that, 285 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,840 maybe you can help with counting the money. 286 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,240 After all, this is still a bank. 287 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,880 Thank you so much for this opportunity, Mr Giovanni. 288 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,200 Oh, no, no, no, no, no... 289 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,000 ..any time. GERALDO GROANS 290 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,640 GERALDO TRUMPS, POO SLOSHES 291 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:54,680 Ooh... 292 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:57,720 Think you're going to need a bigger bucket. 293 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,440 GERALDO GROANS, POO SLOSHES 294 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:04,240 Ciao, it's-a me, Catherine de' Medici, 295 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,560 daughter of Italy, Queen of France, 296 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:09,200 back with another Medici Teaches Mum Hacks. 297 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:12,880 Hashtag... 298 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:15,640 ..cos I'm just-a like-a you! 299 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,720 HORN BLARES, COINS TINKLE 300 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:18,760 Anyways! MAID SCREAMS 301 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,160 Be careful with my crowns! 302 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:24,800 Today we are talking about something that all we mammas struggle with, 303 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,480 what to do when you are worried about your family 304 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,120 keeping its power in European politics. 305 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,560 Eloise! ELOISE GASPS 306 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:34,680 So, what you have to do is take one of your kids, 307 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:36,200 a boy or a girl, 308 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,840 I'm using my son, Francis, 309 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,520 and my daughter... 310 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,240 BUZZER BLARES ..Elisabeth, 311 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,760 but any prince or princess you have lying around will do. 312 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,760 And you simply marry them off 313 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,880 to the king or a queen of another country! 314 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:55,080 So, you see, Elisabeth has married King Philip of Spain... 315 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:56,680 SPANISH GUITAR STRUMS 316 00:12:56,680 --> 00:13:00,160 ..and Francis has married Mary, Queen of Scots. 317 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,040 BAGPIPES SKIRL 318 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:03,480 And just-a like that, 319 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,160 that's two countries added to your list of political allies. 320 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,120 Eloise! I don't know why... 321 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:13,800 ..more people don't marry their kids off to monarchs for political gain. 322 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,920 And so, join me next time when, 323 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,600 here on Medici Teaches Mum Hacks, 324 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,160 I will be showing you how to make a bed 325 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,520 with only three servants to help you. 326 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,880 And when one of them is absolutely useless. 327 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,800 Be careful, Eloise! 328 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,920 Don't forget to like and-a subscribe. 329 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,960 CROW CAWS, POPE GROANS 330 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:40,840 Help! The Pope needs a doctor! 331 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,280 Oh, no. I came as soon as I heard. 332 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,400 Tell me, what's the matter? 333 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,440 He's got a very sore trunk! 334 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,400 I'm sorry, did you say the Pope has a sore trunk? 335 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,560 Not me, my elephant. 336 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:52,720 ELEPHANT TRUMPETS 337 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:53,760 HE YELLS 338 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,920 I'm sorry, I thought I was here to treat the Pope. 339 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,040 ELEPHANT TRUMPETS 340 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,640 No! You're here to treat Hanno, my darling elephant, 341 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,080 gifted to me by the King of Portugal himself. 342 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,120 HANNO TRUMPETS 343 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,160 But...I'm a human doctor. 344 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,800 POPE CHUCKLES Hanno is better than a human. 345 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,840 He does tricks for the people in the Vatican. 346 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:12,960 Show him, Hanno! 347 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:14,120 HANNO TRUMPETS, POPE CHUCKLES 348 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:15,200 Yes! 349 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:16,240 So good! 350 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:17,560 Is...that it? 351 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:18,760 HE GRUNTS 352 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,200 Nope, he also does that. 353 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,720 You must save him, doctor! 354 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,120 He's one of my favourite exotic pets! 355 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,680 Uh, how many exotic pets do you have? 356 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,120 Oh... One or two. Hmm, well, 357 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,720 if it was a person, I'd test his urine. 358 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:33,560 So...let's start there. 359 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,200 Yeah, you're going to need a larger jug. 360 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,560 Oh... Poor Hanno. I think he's backed up. 361 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,440 He hasn't pooped for days. 362 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,320 HANNO TRUMPETS Ah, well, I can help there. 363 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,680 I'll give him a laxative, 364 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,440 a medicine to help him poo. 365 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,320 Hmm, it's one or two pills for people, 366 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,920 but for an elephant... Oh, better safe than sorry. 367 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,480 No, Your Holiness! That's too many! 368 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:55,920 Those laxatives act fast! 369 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:57,320 Oopsie. 370 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:58,840 HANNO'S STOMACH RUMBLES 371 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,320 HANNO TRUMPS AND TRUMPETS 372 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,480 Oh... 373 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,480 POPE YELLS Move, move, move! 374 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,080 HANNO'S STOMACH RUMBLES 375 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,000 HANNO TRUMPS AND TRUMPETS 376 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,560 POO SLOSHES, POPE GASPS 377 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,200 Will he be OK, doctor? 378 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,640 Well, the smell will be bad 379 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,200 and you'll need to throw away his clothes, 380 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,960 but if you hose him down, 381 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:17,520 you'll be able to see his face again. 382 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,000 Ugh... I meant the elephant. 383 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,200 Oh, I see. 384 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,280 Well, he does seem happier. 385 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:24,640 HANNO TRUMPS AND TRUMPETS Ooh! 386 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:26,480 Better stay up this end, though, 387 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:27,920 just in case. 388 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,160 HANNO TRUMPS AND TRUMPETS 389 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:30,480 HE SIGHS 390 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,000 Hey, Leonardo, I think elephants are really cool. 391 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,480 You know why? No, why? 392 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:38,800 Because they have... 393 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,040 ..ear conditioning! 394 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,760 BADUM-TISH! 395 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:42,840 Ay-oh! 396 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,520 MICHELANGELO LAUGHS 397 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:48,280 You know? Ear like "air," so it's cool. 398 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,000 That elephant joke would be best locked... 399 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,520 ..in a trunk. BADUM-TISH! 400 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:52,880 DA VINCI WHEEZES 401 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,360 That is so good. 402 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,280 During the Renaissance here in Italy, 403 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,680 how you presented yourself was hugely important. 404 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,160 There were even books that even tell you how to behave, 405 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,360 like Castiglione's Book of the Courtier. 406 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,200 One of the things that the book tried to teach 407 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,200 was the art of being amazing at everything... 408 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,760 ..while appearing not to put in any effort. 409 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,480 An effect they called "sprezzatura". 410 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,840 Are you interested in learning 411 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:24,960 the exciting new Renaissance way of behaving called sprezzatura? 412 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,440 Yes. Are you prepared to work hard? 413 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,240 Yes. Do you care how hard people know you work? 414 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,120 Yes, of course. Then you have failed... 415 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,120 ..The first test of sprezzatura! 416 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,280 Wait, what...? What just happened? 417 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:37,400 Walk with me. 418 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,200 Sprezzatura... 419 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,520 ..the art of being awesome... 420 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,400 ..while looking like you're making no effort whatsoever. 421 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:47,880 What, this? Pfft... 422 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,080 ..it's nothing. Took me, like, five minutes. 423 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:51,400 He's got... 424 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,040 How long did it really take? 425 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:57,520 Months! 426 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,280 I can hardly feel my hands! 427 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:01,680 TING! 428 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:03,520 Sprezzatura... 429 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,960 ..is the perfect attitude to have 430 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,200 if you want to look good in the Renaissance. 431 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,240 I guess I'll just do... 432 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,240 ..this...or something? 433 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:14,480 THEY GASP Oh! 434 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,320 Oh! Is that check mate? 435 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:18,400 HE WHIMPERS I don't know, 436 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:19,920 I've never really played before. 437 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:20,960 She's got... 438 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,320 CHESS PLAYER WEEPS LOUDLY 439 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:25,640 HE hasn't. 440 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,000 How long did it really take for you to learn this game? 441 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,360 I haven't slept for four years. 442 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:31,760 I'm so tired! 443 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,720 I may be dreaming right now. 444 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,040 TING! 445 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,680 So, are you interested in learning 446 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,760 the exciting new Renaissance way of behaving? 447 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:43,120 I will study your book... 448 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:46,200 ..night and day. And, uh, what are you going to tell the people? 449 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,040 "I never even opened the book, 450 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,160 "I just use it as toilet paper." 451 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,160 Finally, you got... 452 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,840 I'm joined by the man of the hour, 453 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,160 legendary Italian Renaissance painter... 454 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,240 ..Caravaggio. 455 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,400 Now, Cara, you're best known for works like 456 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,920 Death of a Virgin and Bacchus, 457 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,720 but today's been all about tennis. 458 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,520 And what an extraordinary match you've just had 459 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,240 with a young Italian called Ranuccio Tommasoni. 460 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,200 Yeah, well, look, I feel like I've been in a battle, all right, 461 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:19,480 um, but a win's a win. 462 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,240 I've got to give it to the lad, Tommasoni... 463 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,600 HE SNIFFS ..put up a great fight, 464 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,960 but it just wasn't his day out there on the tennis courts. 465 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:26,680 Look, Cara, we are going to have to talk about 466 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:27,960 what happened out there today. 467 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,400 What happened? Are you talking about that rally in the first set? 468 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,760 Look, the ball looked out to me, 469 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,360 but these things happen in the game... 470 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:36,880 No, no, I'm talking about where you argued, took our your sword, 471 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,640 and started fighting with Tommasoni. 472 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,680 Look, I'm a Renaissance artist, 473 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,440 passions always run high with me, Crissy. 474 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,960 But at the end of the day, I feel like we can just sit down 475 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,040 and have a drink and shake hands afterwards. 476 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:48,320 Well, you can't. 477 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,360 He's dead. 478 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:51,880 Well, look, it was a close match. 479 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,240 He drew his sword too, got me with a good one actually... 480 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:56,600 ..but that's tennis. 481 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,520 We had a bit of a disagreement during the match, 482 00:18:58,520 --> 00:18:59,800 a few harsh words were spoken, 483 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,960 so naturally, I just drew my sword and I killed him. 484 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:03,000 It happens all the time. 485 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,360 But at the end of the day, 486 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:06,840 I'm here to talk about a great game of tennis, 487 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:08,640 and potentially even a rematch. 488 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,360 Well, maybe not. Well, rematch or not, 489 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:14,400 there are a couple of soldiers just over there 490 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,360 that'd like to talk to you about the murder, 491 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:17,600 so, uh, good luck with that. 492 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,000 Oh, cripes. Oi! Come here, you! Ooh! 493 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,160 Nearly forgot me sword. 494 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,440 See you later, Crissy. 495 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,800 Caravaggio was one of the bad boys of the Italian Renaissance. 496 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,880 Bad boy! 497 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,120 But the good news for him 498 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:33,640 is he's not remembered for tennis or murder, 499 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:34,800 but for art, 500 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,600 and that's why we're here, guys. 501 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,920 Yes, it's all about the art for us. 502 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:39,960 And that's good, 503 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,560 because it's fair to say that we created a lot of the best stuff. 504 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:44,720 Like... 505 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,600 ..my Mona Lisa! 506 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,080 Painting brush drop! 507 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:51,040 I mean, it's good, but what's going on with her face? 508 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,840 Is that a smile or not? 509 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,280 It's a half smile, for the last time! 510 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,400 I'm not surprised, she was probably furious 511 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,520 when she found out it was you painting her! 512 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,440 People liked me painting them! 513 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:02,960 I was brilliant at it! 514 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,000 People, animals... 515 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,240 ..people holding animals. 516 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,440 Were the animals smiling weirdly too? 517 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:09,680 Oh! 518 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:14,160 So, Leonardo, in this painting, 519 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:18,120 I want to look noble, kind, a little bit regal, 520 00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:19,240 and really, really fit. 521 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,360 Well, Cecilia, it will not be difficult. 522 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:23,040 You are a sweetie. 523 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,000 No, I mean it will not be difficult for me because I'm a genius. 524 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,800 For anyone else it would be a nightmare, 525 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,720 because you possess none of these features. 526 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,080 Oh...charming. 527 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,760 So, for this painting, I'm thinking that we get you to hold something, 528 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:36,560 to spice it up a little bit! 529 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,640 Ooh, nice! Like what? 530 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:39,880 What do you think about... 531 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,080 ..cow's eyeball? 532 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,280 Ugh, that's disgusting! 533 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,200 Well...got lots of other bits of cow if you think they'd be better. 534 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,080 What you got all them bits for?! 535 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,600 Because I dissect cows. 536 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,200 And I dissect monkeys, birds, frogs, sheep, bears. 537 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,280 It's so I can see how they move, and I can paint them better. 538 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:57,640 What about a monkey tongue?! 539 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,920 No! I don't want to be painted holding all them bits! 540 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:02,520 It'll create the wrong impression. 541 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,160 People will think I'm a farmer! 542 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:05,680 LEONARDO GASPS I know... 543 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,360 ..I'm going to paint you inside of a sheep, 544 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,000 surrounded by its guts! 545 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,560 You what, now? I think I could get you right in there, too! 546 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,440 I once inflated a sheep's guts to the size of a room! 547 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,120 CECILIA YELPS Ah, sorry, it's, um... 548 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:18,960 ..bit slippery. HE LAUGHS 549 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,000 What about...a dragon? 550 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,760 Oh, you've got a dragon, have you? Well, no. 551 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,680 I, uh, sewed some wings to a lizard so it looked like a dragon. 552 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:28,160 But it's escaped. Ah! 553 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,080 Well, I'm not surprised. You're nasty. 554 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,160 ERMINE TRILLS Oh! What about an ermine? 555 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,520 Pfft! Ermine?! 556 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,160 What, a stupid long white rat thing?! 557 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,440 How's that better than a dragon? 558 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,360 It's real, and we haven't lost it. ERMINE TRILLS 559 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:40,800 ERMINE CHOMPS, LEONARDO YELPS 560 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:41,880 You make a strong argument. 561 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,800 And anyway, it's not a rat, it's like a small white otter. 562 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:45,920 It's regal, innit? 563 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,720 LEONARDO CHUCKLES It's also the symbol 564 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,160 that you might be pregnant, 565 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,560 so it'll create an air of scandal and mystery. 566 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:52,760 I like it! 567 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,560 Let's do it! There's just one problem... 568 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,280 Oh, what's that, then? The ermine has escaped 569 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,960 and is presently climbing up my trouser leg. 570 00:21:57,960 --> 00:21:59,560 ERMINE CHOMPS, LEONARDO SQUEALS 571 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,160 LEONARDO SCREAMS, ERMINE TRILLS 572 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,400 LEONARDO GIGGLES Ooh, it's a wriggly one! 573 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:10,400 Hi, I'm Henry VIII, King of England, and royal Renaissance cool dude! 574 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,320 Now, a top-drawer Renaissance king like me needs to look the part, 575 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,600 so I made the famous artist Hans Holbein 576 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,320 my own personal court painter. 577 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,640 He's painting me right...now. 578 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,920 Try and keep still, Your Majesty. 579 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,080 You'll keep still when you've got no head. 580 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,120 Feel free to move around, Your Majesty. 581 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:27,160 Yeah... 582 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,280 Well, I'm in the market for a wife again. 583 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,800 Wife number four, and this one will be a keeper. 584 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,920 So tell me, how is Hans Holbein over there helping me with the search? 585 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,640 Is it A - he's painted a picture of me that's so handsome 586 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,240 a dog licked it? DOG WOOFS 587 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,840 B - he's dressing up as me 588 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,080 and going on blind dates on my behalf? 589 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,920 Or C - he's been travelling Europe painting all the princesses 590 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,240 and duchesses so I can have a look at all my options? 591 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,560 The answer is C, 592 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,520 he's been painting all the princesses. 593 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,800 Yeah, and, uh, I've got a bunch of them here. 594 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,800 No. HE LAUGHS 595 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,880 HE SQUEAKS Maybe...maybe. 596 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,000 Wow! Gorgeous! 597 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,040 We have got a winner! 598 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,400 Uh...that's you, Your Majesty. 599 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:10,920 Oh?! 600 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:11,960 So it is! 601 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,960 Ooft, rugged devil. 602 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,520 Right, well I guess we'll go with the... 603 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,200 ..the maybe, then. 604 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,760 Anne of Cleves, my fourth and final wife. 605 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:21,800 Probably. 606 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,960 I mean, that's kind of a weird use of art, 607 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:27,400 but...OK. 608 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,640 Well, that's the Renaissance. 609 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,560 An explosion of ideas and creativity in everything from science 610 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,280 to politics, to money, to thinking. 611 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:37,440 And of course... 612 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:38,600 ..to art. 613 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,960 People's paintings, drawings and sculptures 614 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,400 became more realistic than before, 615 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,760 more flamboyant than before. 616 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,200 And in our case, 617 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,240 just more brilliant than before. 618 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:53,360 To finish with, here is what just might be our greatest work ever, 619 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:56,720 a song about how amazing we were. 620 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,640 To use the language of the Renaissance... 621 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,720 ..it's a proper banger. 622 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,000 PIANO HAT 623 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,400 624 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,440 I try to picture the art 625 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,920 before changes began 626 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,560 627 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,360 628 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,200 just as they stand 629 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,480 630 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:28,920 from Rome and Greece 631 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,200 we'd not had before 632 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,840 633 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:34,680 634 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,600 paintings and more 635 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,840 636 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,800 637 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,760 638 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,840 639 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,040 that Florence is the place 640 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,440 641 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:57,920 642 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,280 true artists created visions 643 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,160 644 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,160 645 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,560 to bling the Vatican 646 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,160 647 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,080 648 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,360 to cover all the bums 649 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:21,240 650 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:26,640 651 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,720 to make art 652 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,240 653 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,560 654 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,000 655 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,840 656 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,560 to make the right body 657 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,640 658 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,400 make these people look 3D 659 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,400 660 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,040 661 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,680 662 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,280 our backgrounds come alive 663 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:06,240 and oil paint brings it to life 664 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,480 665 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,080 666 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,080 667 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,240 your paintings moved me to tears. 668 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,040 Mm. 669 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,880 MICHELANGELO LAUGHS 670 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,520 671 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,040 672 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,040 673 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:32,800 674 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,760 675 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,920 676 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,040 677 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,880 678 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,440 LEONARDO SINGS NOTE 679 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,720 Held the last note a bit longer than you. 680 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:56,320 People, animals, holy things, animals, you name! 681 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,000 CREW LAUGHS 682 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,480 Ooh, don't have one of them yet. 683 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,880 CREW LAUGHS 684 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,120 We're not here for a party. 685 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:04,160 SHE SNEEZES 686 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,560 Sorry! CREW LAUGHS 687 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,680 And what an incredible match you had out there with young Italian... 688 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:10,960 ..Thomas...help. 689 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:12,160 CREW LAUGHS 690 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,520 Ooh! HE LAUGHS 691 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,120 Ooh! 692 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:16,400 Ooh...ooh! 693 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,600 Ooh-hoo-hoo! 694 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,520 CREW LAUGHS 695 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:20,680 Aha! 696 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,240 Sorry, I'm a little bit confused by what was happening out there. Yeah. 697 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,600 And when I get out, I want you to take my body... 698 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,040 Of course, Father. FATHER BREATHES DEEPLY 699 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,240 ..and boil it until the flesh comes off. 700 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:31,840 They're loving this. 701 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,360 I'm making what it feels like to be going on a date with a god. 702 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:39,000 HE MUMBLES, CREW LAUGHS 703 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000 It's hard for us to be promoted! 704 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,760 We...we...we...we...we... 705 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,520 706 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:46,880 707 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:51,000