This week, senior reporter Eileen Kinsella speaks to documentarian Ken Burns about his first foray outside of American ...

Monday, Nov. 18 and 19, 2024 from 8 - 10 p.m. / PBS app. This is a two-part, four-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, ...

Among the multiple masterpieces given a scrupulous examination in “Leonardo da Vinci” is “Lady With an Ermine” (1486-89), ...

The engineering for this gilded copper ball, completed during his apprenticeship with artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence, made a lasting impact on Leonardo da Vinci. Checking for lightning ...

MY SAY Ken Burns launched his own illustrious career 43 years ago with "Brooklyn Bridge," and until now, never left these ...

Monday, November 18 at 8 Pt. 1Tuesday, November 19 at 8 Pt. 2Episodes repeat at 10 PM A 15th century polymath of soaring ...

Wrinkled faces, contorted expressions, weak bone structure, and gaudy outdated headdresses are common features which are ...

A London exhibition shows how the three painters circled one another as rivals and role models in 16th-century Florence.

The award-winning filmmaker, who received the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal this year, has been visiting ...

Johns Hopkins art history professor Stephen Campbell complicates received narratives of the renaissance painter.

Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns stops by TODAY to discuss his new documentary, “Leonardo da Vinci,” his first film that covers a non-American topic, and chronicles the life and work of the 15th ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has produced over 40 films. His latest is a movie focused on the life and creative force of Leonardo da Vinci. It's his first film about an international topic.