Video library

Leonardo: Anatomist - by Nature Video, nature video, 2012-04-18. Filmed at Windsor Castle in 2012. Senior curator Martin Clayton shows anatomical drawings that could have transformed anatomy had they not stayed unpublished for centuries.
How to find the true face of Leonardo - Siegfried Woldhek, TED-Ed, 2013-01-13. Illustrator Siegfried Woldhek uses image analysis to argue for what he believes is Leonardo’s true face. A TED-Ed lesson.
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of math - James Earle, TED-Ed, 2013-07-11. James Earle explains the geometry and the religious and philosophical meaning of the Vitruvian Man in a TED-Ed lesson.
The Renaissance - The Age of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci (1/2) | DW Documentary, DW Documentary, 2019-04-28. The first part of a Deutsche Welle documentary on what drove the Renaissance and the world Leonardo worked in.
The da Vinci puzzle: Restoring The Last Supper - BBC News, BBC News, 2016-07-03. How Pinin Brambilla’s team finished restoring The Last Supper in 1999 after centuries of flaking paint.
Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2017-01-03. Curator Helen Burnham on Leonardo’s drawings in the setting of his studio and the tension between the real and the ideal. Given in April 2015.
Mercedes T. Bass Lecture: Leonardo da Vinci and His World, The Aspen Institute, 2017-08-08. Walter Isaacson, Martin Kemp, Ross King, Luke Syson, Bill Cook and Bill Wallace discuss how Florence and Milan made Leonardo possible. Aspen Ideas 2017.
The genius of Leonardo da Vinci, CBS Sunday Morning, 2017-10-15. Walter Isaacson talks about his new biography and Leonardo’s medical and military ideas as well as his paintings.
Finding the $450 Million Salvator Mundi: A Love Story, The Wall Street Journal, 2017-11-15. Dealer Robert Simon and restorer Dianne Modestini tell how a painting bought in 2005 came to be presented as Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi.
Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' | 2017 World Auction Record | Christie's, Christie's, 2017-11-20. The auction house’s own film of the November 2017 sale at $450 million including premium.
Leonardo da Vinci and the Ideal City (documentary) | Museoscienza, Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia, 2018-01-12. Curator Claudio Giorgione of Milan’s science museum on Leonardo’s ideas for an ideal city drawn from Milan and Lombardy.
Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook: The Codex Leicester, Bill Gates, 2018-12-18. The owner of the Codex Leicester shows the touch-screen kiosk that lets visitors explore its pages. It toured European museums for the 500th anniversary.
Leonardo da Vinci's Drawing Materials | How did Leonardo draw?, Royal Collection Trust, 2019-01-29. Conservator Alan Donnithorne explains the chalks, inks and metalpoint Leonardo used. With drawings from Windsor Castle.
Is "Salvator Mundi" a real Leonardo da Vinci painting?, CBS Mornings, 2019-06-22. Author Ben Lewis sets out his doubts about the Salvator Mundi attribution after the 2017 sale.
Recreating Leonardo da Vinci's Signature, Royal Collection Trust, 2019-07-01. None of the 500 Leonardo drawings in the Royal Collection carries his signature. A short film with Martin Clayton on recreating one.
Rediscovering Leonardo's Salvator Mundi, Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press), 2019-10-14. Martin Kemp, Robert Simon and Margaret Dalivalle make the case for the attribution and trace its provenance. Made for their 2019 book.
Decoding da Vinci | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS, NOVA PBS Official, 2023-03-15. A NOVA film first aired in November 2019. With Walter Isaacson it asks how dissection and optics shaped the Mona Lisa’s smile.
“The Lost Leonardo”, Yale University, 2023-03-20. A Yale University session on The Lost Leonardo. The inside story of the Salvator Mundi from a $1,175 purchase in New Orleans to the $450 million sale.
Ken Burns on his new film, "Leonardo da Vinci", Rocky Mountain PBS, 2024-08-23. Ken Burns on the two-part PBS film he directed with Sarah Burns and David McMahon. His first film on a subject who is not American.
Drawing the Italian Renaissance: How artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo & Raphael worked, Royal Collection Trust, 2024-10-31. Why drawing became central to Renaissance practice. With works by Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael from the Royal Collection.
The life of Leonardo da Vinci, Royal Collection Trust, 2024-11-07. A short life told through the Print Room at Windsor Castle which holds more than 500 of his drawings.
Ken Burns On Why Leonardo da Vinci Is "The Most Important Person Of The Last Millennium", The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 2024-11-14. Ken Burns lists the artistic and scientific feats behind his claim. Ahead of the PBS premiere in November 2024.
Draw like Leonardo, Royal Academy of Arts, 2024-12-18. Artist Adebanji Alade studies original Leonardo sketches at Windsor Castle and tries to copy his hand.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, Lost and Found, NYUAD Institute, 2025-10-31. Conservator Dianne Modestini of NYU on the painting’s restoration, materials and reception. And on its disappearance since 2017.

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