This exhibition is almost understated with its subdued décor and lighting yet mind blowing in suggestion and imagination ...

In 1504, three huge figures of the Renaissance era found themselves in Florence, then a city in turmoil. A fascinating new ...

Michelangelo was to depict the Battle of Cascina – a critical Florentine victory over Pisa in 1364. And he was to be pitted head to head with Leonardo, who was commissioned to paint the victory over ...

Leonardo da Vinci vs. Michelangelo (with assists from Machiavelli) in Gary Graves' compelling drama at Berkeley City Club.

The sculpture was not quite finished – and Michelangelo had been hauled ... had also commissioned him to paint a scene of the battle of Cascina, 1362, in its headquarters, the Palazzo Vecchio.

As well as the battle over who was the finest of them all, there are real battles in the spotlight here: Anghiari and Cascina, both of which Florence had won. To mark the victories, Leonardo and ...