Florence’s annual art contest is here, and Leonardo and Lisa are competing against Michelangelo. With oil-based sabotages and schemes of stolen identity, who will triumph?

This week we discuss Michelangelo and Leonardo’s rivalry, whether the Duke can truly love democracy as a reigning monarch, and how this should have been a Lisa episode.

Joining us today is art historian Meg who has some surprising truths to reveal about the real-life paintings used in his episode.

(Originally recorded in 2023)

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Sources

History of the music box

Art featured this episode:      Baptism of Christ – Verrocchio and Leonardo

Mona Lisa

San Francesco al Prato Resurrection - Pietro Perugino

Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo's painting irl, Michelangelo's painting in the show)