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The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Art historian Dr Janina Ramirez embarks on a journey through six decades of the BBC archives to create a television history of one of the most celebrated figures in art - Leonardo Da Vinci.

Ramirez shows how experts and art presenters - from Andrew Graham-Dixon to Fiona Bruce to Kenneth Clarke - have turned to television to bring Leonardo's artwork out of galleries and into our living rooms. Through television they have explored the origins of Leonardo's boundless curiosity, his pioneering use of light and shade, and his remarkable scientific exploration.

Along the way Dr Ramirez discovers Britain's little-known version of The Last Supper, the gruesome ways Leonardo acquired his anatomical knowledge - and even what lies beneath the Mona Lisa. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Janina Ramirez
Interviewed Guest:
Dana Arnold
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Guido Rebecchini
Executive Producer:
Emma Parkins
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Director:
David Starkey
Producer:
David Starkey
Production Company:
Alleycat Films

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