Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings

Helen Burnham, Pamela and Peter Voss Curator of Prints and Drawings

Discover Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings in the context of the Italian Renaissance artist’s studio, reflecting on the tension between the real and the ideal in his work.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

[barbarajohnson]

Wonderful overview!!! Thank you, very beautifully delivered, with a nice humility.

[seymorepencilart]

This is wonderful. Thank you for putting it online.

[JLandavega]

Wonderful lecture, informative
Always enjoy learning about Leonardo and the genius he was.

[northwesterncorgi]

Informative and highly illuminating - especially resonant in this anniversary year during which many of Leonardo's drawings from the Royal Collection will be shown at many galleries across the UK.

[teeniebeenie]

nice: da vinci thought eating animals was terrible. kool man
engaging speaker, nice voice, well done.

[chris.]

Leonardo’s place of death is the Clos Lucé, the residence offered to him by the king Francis the first, near the Château d’Amboise. He is buried in a small chapel located in the gardens of the château.

[MuitoDaora]

48:29 Because paper was really expensive.

[Sorobai]

That last drawing of the old man was quite good actually!

[alexl]

“We know who this is” about Mona Lisa. Actually we don’t. The painting that Vasari describes as a portrait of Lisa del Gioconda and the Louvre Mona Lisa are most probably two different paintings. It has been proven the Louvre painting has been painted in one go, it has no earlier under painting layers. La Gioconda’s portrait of1504 is an earlier version of the Louvre painting which has been been painted later than 1504-06 and brought by Leonardo to France at the end of his life. The first painting is lost, unless Isleworth Mona Lisa which depicts a younger, prettier woman is that original portrait. The subject of Louvre Mona Lisa is still a mystery.

[randyklinger]

How ridiculous to say 1 drawing is the best in history, I am tired of the cheap commercialisation of works of art. The rest is great.

[veselincerovic]

Trazi se nesto novo Leonardovo. Dosadno je stalno ponavljanje opisa njegovih sedamnaest sacuvanih slilka. Genije trazi da ga pronadjete na njegovoj tajanstvenoj Dami sa Milanskog dvora. Potrebna je nepoznata orginalna prica o Da Vinciju..

[carlosuriza]

Thank you so much, she tries to be funny 😂, but it’s so bad she is 😅, love how you explain .

[AutobotProwler]

The older men have no teeth so it makes the look, like among the first photos

[m.i.miller]

um... um..um.... couldn't finish watching this...got on my nerves ... otherwise very informative....

[MandoDando]

I am sure she is a very nice person but I can't listen. 😢