- Title: J'Accuse Leonardo Di Vinci
- Date: 9th November 1993
- Summary: BRIAN SEWELL CHALLENGES LEONARDO'S REPUTATION AS A UNIVERSAL GENIUS WHO ANTICIPATED THE RENAISSANCE WITH HIS ART, ENGINEERING, MUSIC, ARCHITECTURE AND AERONAUTICAL STUDIES. SEWELL ARGUES THAT HIS CONTRIBUTIONS IN ALL THESE SPHERES WERE MYTHS, BUT THAT HIS ART MADE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE RENAISSANCE. HE WAS AN EGOCENTRIC DILETTANTE WHO LEFT ONLY A FEW CRUMBLING PAINTINGS BEHIND HIM. HE ALSO LEFT BEHIND HIM A LARGE NUMBER OF UNFINISHED PAINTINGS, A SYMPTOM OF THE REPRESED HOMOSEXUALITY WHICH LEAD TO HIM EMPLOYING ASSISTANTS FOR THEIR LOOKS RATHER THAN THEIR TALENT. ROSA MARIA LETTS FROM THE ACCADEMIA ITALIANO PUTS FORWARD THE RECEIVED PERCEPTION OF LEONARDO AS THE FIRST RENAISSANCE MAN, WHILE CHARLES HOPE AND EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH HEAD THE OPPOSITION, ALL SEATED AT A RECREATION OF THE LAST SUPPER.
- Description:A FIFTH SERIES OF THE SUCCESSFUL STRAND FOR WITHOUT WALLS
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:FULMAR WEST LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 3
- Transmission Date:09/11/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s