The Ideal City - Stuff That I Find Interesting

The video explores the concept of ideal cities during the Renaissance, highlighting how town planning was influenced by the plague in cities like Milan and Venice. It discusses the broader European interest in ideal cities, including Thomas More's 'Utopia'. Italian artists like Fra Carnevale and Pietro Catena envisioned ideal cities with uniform houses and geometric designs. The importance of canals and two-tiered city structures, as seen in Da Vinci's vision for Milan, is also examined.

What role did canals play in the design of an ideal city according to the artists mentioned?

Describe the two-tiered city concept proposed by Davinci.