Leonardo da Vinci
Deiscional an Eòlais (The Disciple of Experience)
Season 1 Episode 1
Part one of two. An exploration of one of humankind's most curious and innovative minds, a man who grew up in a Tuscan village surrounded by nature, then moved to Florence, where the Renaissance was in full bloom, to apprentice as an artist and craftsman. He produced artistic works of staggering beauty, as well as detailed anatomical sketches, studies of geology, gravity and water, and designs for machines of war and flying contraptions that today are marveled at for their ingenuity and foresight
Leonardo da Vinci airs on BBC Alba at 9:00 PM, Thursday 18 September. (New, series, subtitles.)
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