
Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte
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Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte
Season 1 Episode 12 | 10m 43s | CC
This week, we're going to Italy for a Renaissance. The Middle Ages are over, and it's time to talk about the flourishing of art and humanism across Europe. Painting, sculpture, music, architecture, and plays with fart jokes were all thriving between from 1300 - 1500, and we're going to teach you about the theatrical aspects of that flourishing, as it happened in Italy.
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