Visit the Uffizi Gallery

Vasari on Giotto, Leonardo and Michelangelo; art history begins in 1550.

The Renaissance in one walkable city: Michelangelo's David, Brunelleschi's dome, and the Uffizi

Stand before the 5.17 m marble David — Michelangelo's flawless Renaissance colossus in Florence

Michelangelo's New Sacristy, where Night and Day lie unfinished over the Medici tombs.

Explore the Winter Palace and its 3 million artworks

Baroque palace and art museum built by Peter the Great for Catherine I.

Ezio Auditore in Renaissance Florence and Venice; the game that made the series.

Machiavelli's advice to a ruler: better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.