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The Serpent (Da Vinci's Demons)
"The Serpent" is the second episode of the American TV series ''Da Vinci's Demons''. It picked up after the end of The Hanged Man (Da Vinci's Demons), first episode with da Vinci performing an autopsy on the body of the hanged man. Ron Hogan, from ''Den of Geek'', said it is a "good television show, but two episodes in it hasn't emerged from the sketchbook into the realm of reality". It got 0.503 million viewers in United States. Plot da Vinci studies anatomy with an executed human cadaver; he searches for a "soul" in the stomach. da Vinci continues his paintings of Lucrezia Donati for his Medici patron Lorenzo de' Medici. Girolamo Riario, Riario is the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. Riaro tortures Nico, da Vinci's assistant. Cast References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Serpent, The 2013 American television episodes Television episodes set in Italy Alternate history television episodes Starz original programming Fox Broadcasting Company original programming BBC Worldw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Vinci's Demons
''Da Vinci's Demons'' is a historical fantasy drama television series that presents a fictional account of Leonardo da Vinci's early life. The series was conceived by David S. Goyer and stars Tom Riley in the title role. It was developed and produced in collaboration with BBC Worldwide and was shot in Wales. The series has been distributed to over 120 countries. The show follows Leonardo as he is implicated in the political schemes of the Medici and Pazzi families and their contrasting relationships with the Catholic Church. These events occur alongside Leonardo's quest to obtain a mystical text called the ''Book of Leaves'', which leads him to become entangled with a cult known as the Sons of Mithras. The series premiered in the United States on Starz on 12 April 2013, and its second season premiered on 22 March 2014. The series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on 24 October 2015. On 23 July 2015, Starz announced that the third season would be the show's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for #Journals and notes, his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology. Leonardo is widely regarded to have been a genius who epitomised the Renaissance humanism, Renaissance humanist ideal, and his List of works by Leonardo da Vinci, collective works comprise a contribution to later generations of artists matched only by that of his younger contemporary Michelangelo. Born out of wedlock to a successful notary and a lower-class woman in, or near, Vinci, Tuscany, Vinci, he was educated in Florence by the Italian painter and sculptor Andrea del Verrocchio. He began his career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Elwyn
Michael Elwyn (born 23 August 1942) is a Welsh actor, notable for his work in film ('' Shadow Man''), stage ('' The Audience'', as Anthony Eden) and television (''Stella''). Elwyn was born in Pontypridd. He is the partner of actress Alison Steadman, and is best known for his role as Sir Edward in the BBC series of ''Robin Hood''. In 2020 Elwyn joined the cast of ''Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...'' playing 'Charles Moore' Resident Chair of 'Stillwaters'. Filmography TV Film Stage References External links * 1942 births Welsh male film actors Welsh male stage actors Welsh male television actors Living people {{Wales-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Dunning
Nick Dunning (born 1957 in London) is an English actor. His credits include '' The Young Ones'' (1982), ''Minder'' (1993), '' Boon'' (1995), ''Coronation Street'' (1998), ''Midsomer Murders'' episode '' Death's Shadow'' (1999), ''Kavanagh QC'' (2001), '' Alexander'' (2004), ''The Tudors'' (2007), for which he won an IFTA award for Best Supporting Actor. He was in '' Waking the Dead'' (2007), and '' The Iron Lady'' (2011), ''Da Vinci's Demons'' (2013–2015), ''Father Brown'' (2017). Personal life and education Dunning attended a private school in London, then a comprehensive school in Leicester. He attended RADA, graduating with Acting (RADA Diploma) in 1977. Dunning has been married to Lise-Anne McLaughlin since 1992, and they live in Dalkey, Dublin. Career He has appeared on stage in the West End in London and at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. He has won two Irish Times Theatre Awards. He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre and the Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Del Verrocchio
Andrea del Verrocchio ( , , ; born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni; – 1488) was an Italian sculpture, sculptor, List of Italian painters, painter and goldsmith who was a master of an important workshop in Florence. He apparently became known as ''Verrocchio'' after the surname of his master, a goldsmith. Few paintings are attributed to him with certainty, but important painters were trained at his workshop. His pupils included Leonardo da Vinci, Pietro Perugino and Lorenzo di Credi. His greatest importance was as a sculptor and his last work, the Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni in Venice, is generally accepted as his masterpiece. Life Verrocchio was born in Florence in around 1435. His father, Michele di Francesco Cioni, initially worked as a tile and brick maker, then later as a tax collector. Verrocchio never married, and had to provide financial support for some members of his family. He was at first apprenticed to a goldsmith. It has been suggested that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner (; born 2 April 1950) is a British actor. Born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father, Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the United States. His voice is familiar from many BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. Corduner made his feature film debut in '' Yentl'', with Barbra Streisand and Mandy Patinkin. Of his 44 films, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's '' Topsy-Turvy''. He also voiced Gehrman the first hunter in the 2015 video game '' Bloodborne''. Early life Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in North London with his parents and younger brother. His mother had escaped to Great Britain from Nazi Germany with her family in 1938. His father was born in Helsinki, Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoroaster Da Peretola
Tommaso di Giovanni Masini ( – 1520), known as Zoroastro da Peretola, was a friend and collaborator of Leonardo da Vinci. According to Scipione Ammirato, he was born in Peretola, near Florence, and he was the child of a gardener, although he said he was the illegitimate child of Bernardo Rucellai, Lorenzo il Magnifico brother-in-law A sibling-in-law is the spouse of one's sibling or the sibling of one’s spouse. More commonly, a sibling-in-law is referred to as a brother-in-law for a male sibling-in-law and a sister-in-law for a female sibling-in-law. Sibling-in-law al .... In 1505 he returned to Florence and worked with Leonardo in '' The Battle of Anghiari''. He was buried at the Church of Sant'Agata dei Goti. References 1460s births 1520 deaths Leonardo da Vinci Deaths from cholera in Italy {{Italy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Chillin
Gregg Chilingirian (born 15 December 1988) better known by his stage name Gregg Chillin, is a British actor, director and writer born in Cambridgeshire. Early life Gregg Chilingirian was born in December 1988 in Cambridge to parents of Armenian descent. Career Chillin is notable for his role as ruthless vampire Domenico in SKY, HBO and AMC's ''A Discovery of Witches''. He has appeared in many television shows over the years, including as Zoroaster da Peretola in David S. Goyer's TV series ''Da Vinci's Demons''. Owen in the first series of BBC Three's '' Being Human'', BBC One's '' Inside Men'', ''Waking the Dead'' and ''Zen'' playing the character of Pepe Spadola alongside Rufus Sewell. He provided the voice of Ron Weasley in several of the ''Harry Potter'' video games. Chillin made his stage debut at the Royal National Theatre playing Mark in Dennis Kelly's ''DNA'' in 2008. Chillin played Lord Ingtar Shinowa in ''The Wheel of Time ''The Wheel of Time'' is a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuliano De' Medici
Giuliano de' Medici (28 October 1453 – 26 April 1478) was the second son of Piero de' Medici (the Gouty) and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. As co-ruler of the Florentine Republic, with his brother Lorenzo the Magnificent, he complemented his brother's image as the "patron of the arts" with his own image as the handsome, sporting "golden boy". He was killed in a plot known as the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478. Personal life In 1478, Giuliano was promised in marriage to Semiramide Appiani Aragona, daughter of Iacopo III Appiani, Prince of Piombino and niece of Simonetta Vespucci, though died before the wedding could take place. After Giuliano's death, Semiramide married his cousin, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, in 1482. Giuliano had an illegitimate son by his mistress Fioretta Gorini, Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, who would later become Pope Clement VII. The Pazzi conspirators attempted to lure Giuliano and Lorenzo away from Florence to kill them outside the boundaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bateman (actor)
Thomas Jonathan Bateman (born 15 March 1989) is a British actor best known for his roles as Giuliano de' Medici in the Starz historical fantasy drama series '' Da Vinci's Demons'' (2013–2015), as Bouc in the mystery films '' Murder on the Orient Express'' (2017) and '' Death on the Nile'' (2022), and as Matt Pierce in the Peacock comedy thriller '' Based on a True Story'' (2023). Early life Bateman was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, to a music teacher father and primary-school teacher mother. He has 12 siblings, including a twin brother named Merlin. Bateman studied drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), where he appeared in a production of '' Much Ado About Nothing'' with Catherine Tate and David Tennant. He later joined Kenneth Branagh's company at the Garrick Theatre, where he acted alongside Judi Dench in '' The Winter's Tale''. Personal life Bateman has been in a relationship with actress Daisy Ridley since 2017, after meeting on the set o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarice Orsini
Clarice Orsini (1453 – 30 July 1488) was the daughter of Jacopo Orsini, and Maddalena Orsini; both from the Orsini family, a great Roman noble house, and was the wife of Lorenzo de' Medici. Life Clarice and Lorenzo married 4 June 1469, with a four-day celebration. The marriage was arranged by Lorenzo's mother Lucrezia Tornabuoni, who wanted her eldest son to marry a woman from a noble family to enhance the social status of the Medicis. Their marriage was unusual for Florence at the time in that they were nearly the same age. Clarice's dowry was 6,000 florins. The political nature of her marriage meant that she was often called upon by each side of her family to influence the other. This included Lorenzo helping her brother Rinaldo get selected as Archbishop of Florence. She was also called on by others throughout the area to support their requests to her husband. People sought her support in easing taxes and releasing family members from exile or prison. She would als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Pulver
Lara Pulver (born 1 September 1980) is an English actress, best known for playing Erin Watts in the BBC spy drama '' Spooks'' and Irene Adler on BBC's TV adaptation '' Sherlock''. She won the 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical in the West End's revival of '' Gypsy''. Early life and education Pulver was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England on 1 September 1980 and grew up in the village of Longfield in Kent. Her father is from a Jewish family; her mother converted to Judaism when they married. She has a sister, Erika, who is four years older and works as a teacher. Pulver attended the National Youth Music Theatre between 1994 and 1998, as well as The Liz Burville Dance Centre, Bexley. In 1997, she began studying at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts, and graduated in 2000. Career Pulver was nominated for the 2008 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role of Lucille Frank in the first West End production of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
