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 affords what The New York Instances calls a “thor­ough and engross­ing biog­ra­phy” of the Fifteenth-cen­tu­ry poly­math. Cur­hire­ly air­ing on PBS, the movie could 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. You should definitely verify them out.

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