Welcome back — it's been a while, but Art Uncovered is back, with more on the way. In Renaissance Florence the richest bankers made their fortunes on what the Church called a sin, so they paid to be painted into sacred art as the three holy kings, turning their guilt into the Renaissance.

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How Renaissance artists were trained: How Renaissance artists were trained

0:00 A fortune built on sin
1:20 The guilt in the paintings
3:12 Why bankers became the Magi
4:32 Spending on the Renaissance
6:04 The painter's last word