Leonardo Da Vinci BBC Documentary

1. The main idea of the film was to show the development of Leonardo Da Vinci as an artist
and inventor.
2. Apart from other films based on Leonardo Da Vinci, this one was more detailed on his
personal life than just his art.
3. The author's purpose is to inform the audience on Da Vinci’s experiences in giving
himself a spot in the history of art.
4. The audience could vary from art students or random people that are merely interested in
his art and how he came to be one of the most well known artists.
5. The directors goal was to give an insight to Da Vinci’s raw talent and how he had
multiple talents apart from just being a good painter.
6. The most prevalent in the film is Pathos due to the almost sympathetic tone the narrator
carries throughout most of the documentary.
7. A possible theme for this film could be “Renaissance” taking into consideration the time
and place of which this all occurred in and the tools Leonardo Da Vinci had at his
disposal during the time, making his rise to the top as an artist all the more interesting and
impressive.
8. This film helped me understand Da Vinci and the stories behind the creation of his
paintings rather than looking at them as just another work of art.
9. I would not change anything in the film.
10. Most times when mentioning the name Leonardo Da Vinci, many will nod their head and
say they know him. However, do they really? He is mostly known as a painter due to his
globally famous paintings which are the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Besides from
this career as an artist, he was also an engineer, architect, scientist, inventor,
cartographer, anatomist, botanist and writer. As Leonardo Da Vinci had no formal
instruction in Latin or Mathematics, numerous tended to ignore his scientific work. Be
that as it may, one look at his notes and journals, demonstrated that this man's
intelligence was beyond the scope of an average person and was way ahead of his time.