Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell’Arte: Crash Course Theater #12

This week, we’re going to Italy for a Renaissance. The Middle Ages are over, and it’s time to talk about the flourishing of art and humanism across Europe. Painting, sculpture, music, architecture, and plays with fart jokes were all thriving between 1300 – 1500, and we’re going to teach you about the theatrical aspects of that flourishing, as it happened in Italy.