3. High Art?

Available for 29 days

Historian and classicist Bettany Hughes concludes her journey through the beauty and the blood-letting of Renaissance Florence. Bettany finds that, contrary to popular belief, it was smart women, gay men and false gods who laid the cornerstones of Western civilisation. Taking Part: * Dr. Cristina Acidini, expert in 15th century Renaissance Italy * Jerry Brotton, author of Rennaissance Bazaar * Evelyn Welsh, Professor of Religious Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College * Paul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History at Cambridge * Tim Parks, Author of Medici Money Readings by Jonathan Keeble and Jennie Stoller Producer Philip Sellars First broadcast on Radio 4 in March 2006.