Season 1
3 episodes · 2003
Episode 1. The Man Who Wanted to Know Everything
2003-04-20 · 60 min
Learning his craft at the heart of the Renaissance movement in Florence, Leonardo survives arrest to win the patronage of the powerful tyrant Ludivico Sforza, Duke of Milan. While working for Sforza, he paints Madonna of the Rocks, works…
Episode 2. Dangerous Liaisons
2003-04-27 · 60 min
Spurned by the Venetians, Leonardo designs war machines for the bloodthirsty tyrant Cesare Borgia before returning to Florence, where his lifelong obsession with flight culminates in the design of a flying machine, which we build and…
Episode 3. The Secret Life of the Mona Lisa
2003-05-04 · 60 min
Alan Yentob tells the story of how the Mona Lisa came to be the most famous work of art in the world. It's a tale full of notoriety, glamour and intrigue as the Mona Lisa is abducted, vandalised and exploited across the centuries. With…
