The ultimate podcast about the Renaissance!
The Renaissance Times
Claim This Podcastby Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
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The ultimate podcast about the Renaissance!
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12/24/2017
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March 21, 2026
The Price Just Doubled: Michelangelo, the Doni Tondo, and the Birth of the Artist as Rockstar – The Renaissance #234
<p><div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular" > <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_0"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"><p>In this episode of The Renaissance Times, Cameron and Ray dive deep into Michelangelo’s three extraordinary marble and painted roundels — the tondos — created during his Florence years between 1501 and 1506. Beginning with the origins of the tondo format itself (those circular domestic artworks that started life as elaborately painted birth trays brought to mothers who’d survived childbirth), the hosts examine what makes Michelangelo’s approach so audaciously different from everyone else’s. In the Taddei Tondo, now housed in the Royal Academy of Arts in London, his signature *non finito* technique — deliberately leaving sections rough and unpolished — makes Baby Jesus emerge luminously from raw marble while John the Baptist lurks in the background in a pose that raises some eyebrows and a great deal of laughter. The Pitti Tondo, now in the Bargello in Florence, features a proud, regal Virgin Mary whose head breaks the boundary of the circle itself — a deliberate choice, since both works were designed to be viewed from below, above a doorway. Then comes the main event: the Doni Tondo, the only surviving panel painting by Michelangelo, which Ray declares — with complete sincerity — his single favourite painting in the world after encountering it unexpectedly in the Uffizi. Cameron breaks down Michelangelo’s use of *cangiante* colour technique — swapping to entirely different colours to create shading rather than using Da Vinci’s smoky *sfumato* — producing something that looks, as Cameron puts it, like it was lit by a social media ring light compared to the gentle atmospheric glow of the Mona Lisa. The hosts also dig into the painting’s contested symbolism: the pagan nudes lounging in the background, the possible Dominican theological argument about Mary’s sanctification at the moment of conception, and the conspicuous placement of Christ’s anatomy. Then there’s the business drama — when patron Agnolo Doni tried to pay 40 ducats instead of the agreed 70, Michelangelo doubled the price to 140 and told him to pay up or hand back the painting. Doni paid. It’s a pivotal moment: the artist as rockstar, commanding the room and rewriting the rules of patronage in Renaissance Florence.</p></div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner"><div class="mepr_error"><p>There's something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something.</p> <p>If you want to listen to one of our many free episodes, go <a href="https://therenaissancetimes.com/category/podcast/free/">here</a>.</p> <p><a href='https://therenaissancetimes.com/category/podcast/free/' class='big-button bigblue'>FREE EPISODES</a></p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_section_regular" > <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_1"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_1 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_code et_pb_code_0"> <div class="et_pb_code_inner"><iframe frameborder="0" height="200" scrolling="no" src="https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=WCATR5703015184" width="100%"></iframe></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></p> <p>The post <a href="https://therenaissancetimes.com/2026/03/21/the-price-just-doubled-michelangelo-the-doni-tondo-and-the-birth-of-the-artist-as-rockstar/">The Price Just Doubled: Michelangelo, the Doni Tondo, and the Birth of the Artist as Rockstar – The Renaissance #234</a> appeared first on <a href="https://therenaissancetimes.com">The Renaissance Times</a>.</p>
October 15, 2025
Renaissance #225 – Teenage Michelangelo: The Buff Baby Jesus and the Marble Prodigy (Michelangelo, part 3)
<p>The post <a href="http://www.therenaissancetimes.com/2025/10/15/renaissance-225-teenage-michelangelo-the-buff-baby-jesus-and-the-marble-prodigy-michelangelo-part-3/">Renaissance #225 – Teenage Michelangelo: The Buff Baby Jesus and the Marble Prodigy (Michelangelo, part 3)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.therenaissancetimes.com">The Renaissance Times</a>.</p>
September 16, 2025
Renaissance #224 – Privilege, Paint, and Patronage (Michelangelo, part 2)
In this episode of Renaissance, Cameron and Ray continue their exploration of Michelangelo’s life and career, digging into the family connections, social structures, and cultural forces that shaped his rise. They trace Michelangelo’s privileged entry into the Medici circle, compare his fortunes to Leonardo da Vinci’s tougher climb, and dive into Florence’s vibrant humanist culture of the late 15th century. The conversation ranges from patronage networks and family loyalty, to the artistic apprenticeship system, to Michelangelo’s sexuality and celibacy, with plenty of irreverent humour along the way. From Giovanni Rucellai’s church facades to Medici palace gossip, this episode paints a vivid portrait of how power, privilege, and art collided in the making of one of history’s greatest geniuses .
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