In the late-thirteenth century, the highly patterned and stylised form of painting that dominated the Middle Ages began to give way to a much more naturalistic kind of art.
The way art looked changed dramatically and this film questions why it happened at this particular point and how artists learned to paint with completely new approaches.
The National Gallery's collection presents a unique opportunity to investigate the development of early Italian Renaissance painting.
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