<div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular" > <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_0"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner">In this episode of The Renaissance Times (Episode 225), Cameron and Ray return to Florence to explore Michelangelo’s earliest surviving sculpture, Madonna of the Stairs (Madonna della Scala)—a marble relief carved when he was just fifteen. They marvel at his prodigious skill, discussing how this modest, unfinished piece already reveals his genius for depth, motion, and emotional complexity. Along the way, they detour through Florence’s real estate market of the 1500s (where a thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo was rich enough to buy five adjoining properties), laugh about Renaissance lifestyles, and draw irreverent but sharp connections between theology, symbolism, and art history—from cherubs in the Book of Ezekiel to Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction speech. It’s a lively, funny, and deeply informed tour through the early stirrings of one of art’s great minds.</div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_code et_pb_code_0"> <div class="et_pb_code_inner" data-et-multi-view="{&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;content&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:&quot;\n&lt;div class=\&quot;mepr_error\&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something.&lt;\/h3&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;If you want to listen to one of our many free episodes, go &lt;a href=\&quot;https:\/\/www.therenaissancetimes.com\/category\/podcast\/free\/\&quot;&gt;here&lt;\/a&gt;.&lt;\/h3&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#039;https:\/\/www.therenaissancetimes.com\/category\/podcast\/free\/&#039; class=&#039;big-button bigblue&#039;&gt;FREE EPISODES&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;\/div&gt;\n&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;}},&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;et_pb_code&quot;}" data-et-multi-view-load-tablet-hidden="true"> <div class="mepr_error"><h3>There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something.</h3> <h3>If you want to listen to one of our many free episodes, go <a href="https://www.therenaissancetimes.com/category/podcast/free/">here</a>.</h3> <p><a href='https://www.therenaissancetimes.com/category/podcast/free/' class='big-button bigblue'>FREE EPISODES</a></p> </div> </div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_code et_pb_code_1"> <div class="et_pb_code_inner" data-et-multi-view="{&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;content&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:&quot;\n \n&lt;span class=\&quot;wZPHx8vlGYrBghuVzI4O\&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe title=\&quot;Ren 225 Preview - Teenage Michelangelo: The Buff Baby Jesus and the Marble Prodigy\&quot; width=\&quot;1080\&quot; height=\&quot;608\&quot; src=\&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NYPS1okLU6A?feature=oembed\&quot; allow=\&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\&quot; referrerpolicy=\&quot;strict-origin-when-cross-origin\&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;}},&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;et_pb_code&quot;}" data-et-multi-view-load-tablet-hidden="true"> <span class="wZPHx8vlGYrBghuVzI4O"><iframe title="Ren 225 Preview - Teenage Michelangelo: The Buff Baby Jesus and the Marble Prodigy" width="1080" height="608" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NYPS1okLU6A?feature=oembed" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>The post <a href="http://www.therenaissancetimes.com/2025/10/15/renaissance-225-teenage-michelangelo-the-buff-baby-jesus-and-the-marble-prodigy-michelangelo-part-3/">Renaissance #225 &#8211; Teenage Michelangelo: The Buff Baby Jesus and the Marble Prodigy (Michelangelo, part 3)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://www.therenaissancetimes.com">The Renaissance Times</a>.</p>