a whole generation of florentine artists-- ghiberti, brunelleschi, donatello-- began work in studiosot unlike this, working on just such meticulous and minute creations before moving on in their careers to their monumental works of art. in an environment where the craftsman's skill so is highly prized, it was inevitable that their status should rise. inevitable, too, that the most brilliant of them-- men like brunelleschi and donatello-- should resent the restrictions which the craft guilds could place on them and the implication that their work was menial, a mechanical craft. and so, increasingly during this century, such artists came to see themselves as the equals of their patrons-- no longer humble, anonymous craftsmen, but self-confident, ambitious, intellectual practitioners of the liberal arts, famous beyond their own city. brunelleschi visited rome after his unsuccessful submission for the baptistery doors competition. there he saw a great city in a state of decay. the sheer scale of the roman ruins and the building techniques he analyzed provided inspiration for the greatest

in italy, donatello was only 10 years old when sluter began to carve these figures, which display an intense realism never seen before in european sculpture. as this reconstructed model shows, the well of moses was originally brilliantly painted. the prophets deliver their prophecies like figures from a medieval mystery play. the piece was intensely theatrical, linking prophecies of the old testament to the sacrifice of christ on the cross. originally, the well was surmounted by a life-sized crucifixion group. this crucifix was smashed to pieces during the french revolution, and the largest fragment that remains is the head of christ. somehow, sluter's carving conveys both the agony of christ on the cross and the release from suffering which death has brought. life at the burgundian court was not always dominated by thoughts of god and death. the dukes of burgundy were famous for their tournaments, banquets, and extravagance. they placed great importance on all the arts. their court was one of the grandest in europe. because this was a tring court, moving between the palaces of their

i was a donatello kind of guy. a guy named greg got his brother this gift for christmas. >> amazon?erything from amazon. >> perfect thing for him. >> oh, my gosh. >> you see him open the gift and it's on old-school michael angelo pillow circa like 1990p. this is very old. the brother found it on reddit. watch the brother's reaction here. >> that might be the greatest gift i've ever gotten. >> everybody starts to chuckle. watch him. >> is that your -- >> oh, my gosh. >> what? >> what's so special about this? >> his old pillow? >> the thing is, he had this thing from age 4 to age 24. and he threw it away like five years ago because it had been so beaten up and deterioratesed. but he basically said he regretted throwing it away ever since. it was a childhood relic. >> meant quite a bit for this guy. >> that's really thoughtful. >> yeah. >> for someone to go to the trouble because they realized that he was scarred emotionally after the fact he had thrown his other one away. >> i imagine him going to bed with that pillow being like -- >> saying cowabunga dude. >>> stuart edge is bringing

art, how you are influenced by painting, the work you do -- >> i was also influenced by donatello, everythingy to suck it all up. i am a vacuum cleaner. i look at all of it. everything. i have always done that. aggregate -- >> when i was at yale, i went through every book in the art history library. so that interests me. >> taking something away from all of them. >> you try. >> assimilate it. , you areomes responsible for that history. art does not come from nowhere. it comes out of heart. beenf the art that has done before. you are just another stone in the wall. if you make a contribution, you are lucky. >> clearly you are lucky. next?t >> i don't know. i'm going to take a deep breath. >> you are not slowing down for a second. to qatar.f i have two museum shows and something else i am doing. >> you can tell me what it is? >> i'm not sure it is going to happen. -- i don't know why i don't have pictures of the linear stuff, which i loved. anybody with a little bit of knowledge would say, richard serra, unmistakably richard serra. wouldn't they? >> by now, yes. it is just whether they have eve

donatello called. i couldn't hear him because he was in the sewer.d to collaborate with us because they see the value proposition of our brands being this excitement, this thing that a lot of millennial's are obsessed with and that they want that excitement. they want the lines of people, the tattoos. when i was longer, i never -- >> nickelodeon wants tattoos? they want to expand into other markets. >> you are going to have this partnership and what are you going to do? >> we are releasing t-shirts. we did one part where the ninja turtles came out to our london shop. anytime we do a -- >> they came out of the sewer and went to your london shop? >> they did. >> an amazing story. if that is not an extraordinary entrepreneurship tale, i don't know what is. when we come back, president obama faces the decision over the keystone pipeline. we will tell you about potential winners and if there are winners, there has to be big losers. you are watching bloomberg tv. stay with us. we will be back in a few. ♪ >> one of the biggest issues facing president obama