Ken Burns’ New Documentary on Leonardo da Vinci Streaming On-line (within the US) for a Restricted Time

A fast heads up: The movie­mak­er Ken Burns has simply launched his new doc­u­males­tary on Leonar­do da Vin­ci. Run­ning close to­ly 4 hours, the movie gives what The New York Instances calls a “thor­ough and engross­ing biog­ra­phy” of the Fifteenth-cen­tu­ry poly­math. Cur­lease­ly air­ing on PBS, the movie may be streamed on-line by means of Decem­ber seventeenth. When you reside within the US, you’ll be able to watch Half 1 right here, and Half 2 right here. The movie’s path­er seems above.

PS: As Metafil­ter observes, the PBS internet­web site additionally fea­tures some good bonus mate­r­i­al, includ­ing 3D mod­els of Leonar­do’s inven­tions and a high-res gallery of a few of Leonar­do’s work fea­tured within the doc­u­males­tary. Be sure you examine them out.

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Relat­ed Con­tent 

Leonar­do da Vinci’s Hand­writ­ten Resume (Cir­ca 1482)

Leonar­do Da Vinci’s To Do Checklist (Cir­ca 1490)

The Inge­nious Inven­tions of Leonar­do da Vin­ci Recre­at­ed with 3D Ani­ma­tion

Why Leonar­do da Vinci’s Nice­est Paint­ing is Not the Mona Lisa

Leonar­do da Vinci’s Notice­books Get Dig­i­tized: The place to Learn the Renais­sance Man’s Man­u­scripts On-line