Renaissance Florence was the birthplace of the modern world and is home to many of its greatest artistic treasures. Florentine artists such as Dante, Brunelleschi, Leonardo and Michelangelo revolutionized art and architecture, and families like the Medici dominated European finance and politics. In this documentary, which was filmed entirely on-site in Florence, Dr. Rocky Ruggiero takes you through the streets, palaces and piazzas of Florence in order to discover how this city invented the art of magnificence.