Genius of Michelangelo

The Taddei Tondo and the Pitti Tondo (1x11)

Air date: Jan 01, 2007

Between 1501 and 1507, an ambition-driven Michelangelo achieved both astonishing success and equally astonishing productivity, appearing to refuse no one. His commissions included the round compositions known as tondi, executed in both marble and paint, and we introduce three of these unique and surprising works.