Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon on departing from past modes to paint the Renaissance master's portrait ...

Featuring a unique style of filmmaking and original music, Ken Burns' new documentary on Leonardo da Vinci looks into his ...

A new documentary exploring the life and work of 15th century polymath Leonardo da Vinci is airing this week on PBS, PBS.org ...

More than half a millennium after his death, Leonardo da Vinci is still one of the most well-known artists in the world. The ...

Leonardo da Vinci is a 2-part, 4-hour docuseries directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. It’s Ken Burns’ first ...

The two-parter explores the life and legacy of the 'Mona Lisa' artist and boundary-breaking polymath, with insights from scholars, experts and enthusiasts including filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.

Leonardo also was gay, and his intense personal relationships are unabashedly explored in "Leonardo da Vinci." "Every project of ours is ... With him, it's easy to imagine a tortured solitary artist.

Among the multiple masterpieces given a scrupulous examination in “Leonardo da Vinci” is “Lady With an Ermine” (1486-89), which marked a turning point, we are told, in the artist’s ...

QUESTION: Why did Leonardo da Vinci draw so many weapons of war if he was a pacifist, as stated by a recent art exhibition? While Leonardo (1452-1519) was conflicted on war, he can hardly be ...

Leonardo advanced art, science, medicine, architecture and many other fields far ahead of their time. “Leonardo Da Vinci”: Documentary directed by Ken and Sarah Burns and David McMahon airing Monday, ...

Beyond his groundbreaking approach to art, Leonardo was a true Renaissance man well-versed ... and close-ups of nature, Burns’ Leonardo da Vinci provides a departure from his playbook of archived ...

On 25 January 1504, Florence’s most prominent artists gathered to advise on an appropriate location for Michelangelo’s nearly finished David. Among them was Leonardo ...