The British Museum

22 April–25 July 2010 The BP Special Exhibition

Italian Renaissance Drawings

Fra Angelico to Leonardo

Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Rapael Titian

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Exhibition Multimedia Guide

Enjoy further insight into the exhibition through the Multimedia Guide.

£4.50, concessions available

Listen to five extracts here with contextual imagery. Voiced by actress Lindsay Duncan.

Available in English. An audio descriptive guide (free, English only) is also available.

Extract 3

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Extract 3: Cheetah by Follower of Giovannino de’Grassi

Extract 13

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Extract 13: Landscape by Leonardo da Vinci

Extract 1 MMG IRD

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An introduction to the Italian Renaissance drawings Multimedia Guide by Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum

Extract 11

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Extract 11: Head of a woman by Verrocchio

Extract 18

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Extract 18: Youth beckoning by Michelangelo

All images © The Trustees of the British Museum unless otherwise stated.
Extract 11: Head of a woman Lorenzo di Credi © Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Galleria degli Uffizi Extract 13: Landscape Leonardo da Vinci © Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Galleria degli Uffizi

Music extracts, performed by Gothic Voices courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd, from:
Las je ne puis plus nullement durer (Anon)
Amoreux suy (Binchois)
Giunta vaga biltà (Landini)

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