Leonardo Da Vinci & The Code He Lived By

 

1.About the documentary:
This documentary is made by History Channel. It talks about some of the major events and influences in Da Vinci’s life. It's not only telling an famous artist life story but also the chronicle of formation of a great genius.

Leonardo was the illegitimate son of a Florentine notary named Ser Piero and Caterina, a poor farmer’s daughter. He grew up in Vinci, Italy. After then his name became "Leonardo Da Vinci" means "Leonardo from Vinci". Da Vinci was born in a poor family he didn't have any financing help from family, or even family name. However, he had something different, the imagination.

Leonardo started life in a world of violence. For the lower class life was cheap. Leonardo sought to associate with a guild, but his vague birthright would stop him from that. Only his artistic talent could save him. Da Vinci learned that artist had access to the powerful. The rich and prosperous would commission paintings and statues. He could work for leading the family of Florence, the Medici.

While working with the master artist, Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo learned the self disciplines that would make him a perfectionist.

2.My reaction about the film:

This documentary was not easy to understand. It was a hard movie that I accidentally picked.I needed a lot of outside information to understand the whole film. That's why my summary has some of the additional ideas from different sources.

The documentary, however, has many different reactions from different viewers. I've read negative and positive comments about the movie. Some said the documentary is exaggerating Leonardo Da Vinci life, some said it is somewhat very true to his life. To my opinion, this is a first time I watch a film about Leonardo Da Vinci so I don't have much idea but I think the documentary has described his whole life in every details and i think the film is more of political view of Da Vinci life then his artistic life.

I didn't really like the documentary, mostly because I didn't understand it very well and I needed help from other reviews. Overall, this documentary somehow helped me to understand more of a famous artist, in a different point of view.