Format:
DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:
Leonardo da Vinci [videorecording] : a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon / a Florentine Films [and WETA Washington, D.C.] production ; directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon ; written by David McMahon, Sarah Burns ; produced by Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Tim McAleer, Ken Burns.
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher, Date:
Arlington, VA : PBS, 2024
2024
Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
polychrome
auditory captions
digital
optical
16:9
widescreen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
The film will tell the story of Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, best known as Leonardo da Vinci, a fifteenth century Italian polymath of soaring imagination and profound intellect, who left behind artistic works of staggering beauty and detailed sketches of futuristic contraptions of warfare and flight that today are marveled at for their technical ingenuity and foresight. From his birth out of wedlock to a notary and peasant woman and apprenticeship to a distinguished Florentian painter, to his days as a military architect, cartographer, sculptor and muralist for hire, the film will offer an intimate portrait of a singular visionary whose Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and The Vitruvian Man are among the most celebrated works known to man, but whose artistic endeavors sometimes seemed an afterthought to his pursuits in science and engineering.
Target Audience Note:
Movie rating: A.
Subjects:
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Painters -- Italy -- Biography.
Scientists -- Italy -- Biography.
Genre:
Nonfiction films.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Other Author:
Burns, Ken, 1953- film director, film producer.
Burns, Sarah, 1982- screenwriter, film director, film producer.
McMahon, David, 1976- screenwriter, film director, film producer.
McAleer, Tim, film producer.
David, Keith, narrator.
Giannini, Adriano, voice actor.
Shaw, Caroline (Caroline Adelaide), composer.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
Florentine Films, production company.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.
Notes:
Widescreen.
Originally released as a documentary film in 2024.
Director of photography, Buddy Squires ; original music, Caroline Shaw, performed by Attacca Quartet, SM Percussion and Roomful of Teeth.
Narrator, Keith David ; voice of Leonardo, Adriano Giannini.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16x9); 5.1 surround (English), 2.0 stereo (English or Spanish).
English or Spanish dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English DVI (described video for the visually impaired).
Contents:
The disciple of experience / editor, K.A. Miille -- Painter-GOD / editor, Woody Richman -- Making the music for Leonardo da Vinci.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
LNDO601
System Availability:
6
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
6
Control Number:
3686406
Call Number:
L
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
5
# System items in:
5
Medium:
[videorecording]