An experiment in creating a dramatic biography from a painter’s work. The film covers a great deal of Leonardo de Vinci’s activities, explores his sketch books and notebooks, his extraordinary designs for machines of war, his correspondence, his drawings and paintings and his unfinished statuary. “The Tragic pursuit of perfection” is the theme of the film illustrated by the history of “The Last supper”.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
29690
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Italian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Renaissance
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Biography
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Italy
Crafts & Visual Arts → Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Italy
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Italian
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
People → Artists - Biography
People → Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
Short films
Short films → Short films - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)