The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints made from gold and silver. It was made at the beginning of the ninth century ...

The celebrated documentarian turns his lens on the great Renaissance polymath, with mixed results.

For his first non-American subject, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns chose Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.

From cuttings to choir books to Cortese — a guide to an art form that opens up ‘magical windows’ into other worlds.