Leonardo da Vinci Screening and Panel Discussion

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

A live screening of Ken Burns' latest film, LEONARDO DA VINCI. Explore one of humankind's most curious and innovative minds. The screening was followed by a panel discussion. 

Facilitator: David Malinowski, Roger and Anne Clapp Chair of Performing Arts, Fine Arts Association

Aviva Rothman

Inaugural Dean's Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, History
College of Arts and Sciences
Case Western Reserve University

Erin Benay

Associate Professor of Art History 
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Art History
Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities
Case Western Reserve University

Emily Peters

Curator of Prints and Drawings
Cleveland Museum of Art

Set against the rich and dynamic backdrop of Renaissance Italy, at a time of skepticism and freethinking, regional war and religious upheaval, LEONARDO DA VINCI brings the artist’s towering achievements to life through his prolific personal notebooks, primary and secondary accounts of his life, and on-camera interviews with modern scholars, artists, engineers, inventors, and admirers. The film weaves together an international group of experts, as well as others influenced by Leonardo, who continue to find a connection between his artistic and scientific explorations and life today. 

Corporate funding for LEONARDO DA VINCI was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and by its individual members The Paul and Sandra Montrone Family; Stephen A. Schwarzman; Diane and Hal Brierley; Carol and Ned Spieker; Michael and Sandy Collins; Mario J. Gabelli; The Lynch Foundation; McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Cappy and Janie McGarr; and John and Leslie McQuown. Funding was also provided by Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha Darling; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.