Join PBS39 for Ken Burns' newest documentary about the innovations and creativity of luminary Leonardo Da Vinci. LEONARDO da VINCI looks at how the artist influenced and inspired future generations, and it finds in his soaring imagination and profound intellect the foundation for a conversation we are still having today: what is our relationship with nature and what does it mean to be human.

After the screening, Dr. Eric Hupe, assistant professor of art history at Lafayette College, will explore current innovations in bringing art to the public through his speciality, virtual reality.

Guests will have the opportunity to walk around a Renaissance space and view Italian frescoes up close through virtual reality, and learn about Dr. Hupe's unique entry point to opening up bigger questions about how we experience art and place, for all lifelong learners. Find out more about his work at https://www.zeuxisvr.com/.

WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION - 6 p.m.

SCREENING AND VIRTUAL REALITY EXPLORATION - 6:30 p.m.

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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. As the filmmaker and Leonardo admirer Guillermo del Toro says at the beginning of the film, “the modernity of Leonardo is that he understands that knowledge and imagination are intimately related.”

LEONARDO da VINCI will air on PBS39 on November 29 at 7 p.m.

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.