Home > The films > Collections and major exhibitions > Art history > Detailed description
- To increase the size of the text, use the browser menu or press Ctrl and the middle mouse button
- To decrease the size of the text, use the browser menu or press Ctrl and the middle mouse button
- RSS feeds
- To print this page, use your browser's print button or press Ctrl and P
- Send to a friend
Léonard de Vinci
The Secret Life of Art series
Editor(s) of the series: Stan Neumann
Concept: Choose a great painter from those represented in the Louvre's collection, and remove that painter's works from the walls. Take them out of their frames, put them on easels at eye level in the same room. Invite curators, historians, restorers, and scientists from all over the world—the greatest specialists of the painter's work—and let them spend two days in the room with the paintings, leaving them free to study and talk... This series invites viewers to observe the debates and discussions of these scientists, art historians, and international experts, who react to the latest technical studies carried out by the French museums' research laboratory.
Author(s): Juliette Garcias
Director(s): Juliette Garcias, Stan Neumann
Scientific advisor(s): Vincent Delieuvin
Genre
Documentary
Length
43 minutes
Producer(s)
François Bertrand, Camera Lucida Productions ; Catherine Derosier-Pouchous, Musée du Louvre
Co-producer(s)
Arte France
Commercial distribution
Camera Lucida Productions
Synopsis: The works of Leonardo da Vinci's are part of the most famous pieces in the museum ; however, art historians still have to resolve many questions, for example : who were the recipients of these works ? Was Leonardo working alone ? Who were his models ? The Mona Lisa is at the heart of the discussions. The most famous woman in the world is an enigma: who was she ?