Few historical figures loom larger in our modern consciousness than Leonardo da Vinci—whose legend has only grown in the 500 years since his death—and no single work in Leonardo's literature has achieved the cumulative force of Ken Burns’ latest opus, co-directed by Sarah Burns and David McMahon. The film looks at how the artist influenced and inspired future generations. His soaring imagination and profound intellect find the foundation for a conversation we still have today: what is our relationship with nature, and what does it mean to be human? Set against the rich and dynamic backdrop of Renaissance Italy at a time of skepticism and freethinking, regional war, and religious upheaval.