Learn how Giotto di Bondone, the son of a Tuscan shepherd, rose to become the most important artist of his age, kick starting the Renaissance with his naturalistic and emotive treatment of medieval Christian iconography.

Leonardo da Vinci's great masterpiece the Mona Lisa is undoubtedly the most famous painting in the history of art. Yet as is often remarked, Leonardo was much more than an artist.

Art historian Tim Marlow looks at German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer, who excelled at woodcutting and etching, but also became one of the earliest masters of oil painting, his efforts helping to establish the artistic traditions of Northern Europe as equal to those of Italy.

Of all the great artists that left their mark on the story of art, Michelangelo Buonarroti stands alone, so great were his achievements.

Any young artist who had risen to artistic maturity overshadowed by the towering reputations of Leonardo and Michelangelo could easily have been discouraged. Raffaelo Santi of Urbino was not intimidated.

Chronicling how after the triumph of Renaissance art in Florence and Rome, the movement found a new centre, the city of Venice, and a new master, Tiziano Vecellio, known to English speakers as Titian.