So whats the deal? his work is legend but is there a secret to the Mona Lisa, is there a baby in the Last Supper and was there a women next to Jesus? personally I believe it do you?
Micro Sheep Falling In Love With The Board Age: - Gender: - Posts: 7584
October 28th, 2007 at 10:27pm
Call me narrow-minded,but I do not believe in The DaVinci code.I think it's just fiction mixed with some questionable subjects, such as Jesus's life and stuff.
Ol' Blue Eyes. King For A Couple Of Days Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 4816
October 29th, 2007 at 03:52am
Could be? I don't know, I've no idea what the Da Vinci details are, excepting what you've said in your post.
lyrical_mess Falling In Love With The Board Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
October 29th, 2007 at 03:18pm
Well, on the subject of the Mona Lisa, they've actually managed to break some of her "secrets". Her eyebrows and eyelashes were actually lost in restoration processes. They found traces of them through supersuper magnified scans. There was also a lot of bright blues and stuff in the painting. And apparently, her smile was originally more expressive than it is. But Da Vinci decided to change it I guess.
The Doctor Falling In Love With The Board Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 8786
October 29th, 2007 at 05:59pm
On a scale of one to ten, one being a Magnum Opus of the twenty first century and Ten being insert moron du jour's auto-biography...The Da Vinci code was 26, 27.
The only, only, tiny, minute thing that was good about it that they cast Audrey Tautou in it. Even then, actual French cryptologers or whatever the hell they are called complained about being typecasted as sexy and that some of them were "plain, bordering in dowdy."
Anyway, I don't really like Da Vinci's art. It's too...blah. I prefer Cubism but hey, that's opinions.
Even in that time, the Bible would have been in Latin; there may be some technical difficulties within the pages of the said Bible. I mean, after a trillion translations it's hardly going to be 100% correctamundo. I mean, in the original Hebrew, it says God s as in plural. So, there mighta been a female disciple or a baby at the Last Supper.
So...there's my two cents. Don't spend 'em all at once.
Its a possibility, I mean if it wasn't true why is the Catholic church trying to stop people from thinking about it. My uncle is 100% Catholic and even admits that the Catholic church doesn't want people to believe it.
The Doctor Falling In Love With The Board Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 8786
October 29th, 2007 at 08:23pm
missand:
Its a possibility, I mean if it wasn't true why is the Catholic church trying to stop people from thinking about it. My uncle is 100% Catholic and even admits that the Catholic church doesn't want people to believe it.
It's just a rumour situation.
I mean, example. If a rumour went around that..I dunno..you slept with a teacher or something, you don't want people to believe it.
Or like witchtrails.
JUDGE: Are you a witch?
ACCUSED#1 : Yes!
JUDGE: BURN HIM!
JUDGE: Are you a witch?
ACCUSED#2: No!
JUDGE: LIAR! BURN HER!
Well I guess we have to leave history with history wonder what went through his mind when he painted the Last Supper? or the Mona Lisa? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
paper shoes This Board Is My Home Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 34269
October 30th, 2007 at 12:00am
I haven't read the book or seen the movie so a little background information would be nice...
stilinski King For A Couple Of Days Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 3581
October 30th, 2007 at 02:26am
Well actually the 'woman' next to Jesus is the Apostle John, who was very young at the time, and therefore painted as more feminine-looking to symbolise his not being a man yet.
Tbh, I don't really believe in The DaVinci Code. I thought it was a good read, for entertainment's sake. But nothing more. There was too much novel parts for it to be admitted in my brain as something somehow scientific-ish. So yeah. Good novel. Nothing much more, to me.
lyrical_mess Falling In Love With The Board Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 5278
October 31st, 2007 at 05:10pm
Exactly. It was a novel. Adventurous fiction for entertainment's sake. Writers are allowed to twist and skew reality. It doesn't mean that they believe it or that they want you to believe it.
Sherlock Board Parasite Age: 38 Gender: Female Posts: 35331
October 31st, 2007 at 05:18pm
Ieva Howard:
I haven't read the book or seen the movie so a little background information would be nice...
Basically the movie and book states that there is a big secret hidden in the Catholic religion which people have been seeking for centuries.. the holy grail.
The Da Vinci code suggests that this "holy grail", when translated from the French "sange real(sp?)" is royal blood. In Da Vinci's painting of 'The Last Supper', the disciple to his side is suggested to be Mary Magdalene, not one of the 12 apostles, but a woman, Jesus' lover. This leads to the suggestion that Jesus and Mary Magdalene has a baby together, and therefore that down through the ages, there is a trail or holy bloodline.. the holy grail. There are some discrepancies in the Bible about Mary Magdalene, like when it was translated, etc., etc.
this topic needs more information to start it.. I like this thread though, so if the author doesn't add more information, I might just quote some of your posts and add some facts (opinions in some cases..) in.
Sherlock Board Parasite Age: 38 Gender: Female Posts: 35331
October 31st, 2007 at 05:22pm
SILAS FTW.
worn-out astronaut. Had A Life Before GSB Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 28177
October 31st, 2007 at 07:41pm
Ian McKellen owns the film.
But anyways.... I think is just a book. A fictional book, actually just a solid one (Angels & Demons pwn it).
Catholics just got over upset with the whole thing, it was a big puff, but its a bunch of nonsense. If you read the book you will understand.
SPOILER I mean, the main chick in the end turns out to be one of Mary Magdalene`s descendants, like come on.
Besides I read all those decoded versions and what not and there is definitely some mystery around the whole thing and a lot of chaos caused which was all a good propaganda.
Well all I'm saying is that it is very cool I'm ot saying hand to god that i believe it I know writers bend and twist. There was a piece about Da Vinci painting The Last Supper backwards or some shit and when put in the correct position you can see the 'man' to Jesus's left holding a baby, very cool.
Anji Basket Case Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 15914
November 2nd, 2007 at 05:07pm
Bleh. I don't like cubism. I love Da Vinci, he was a true master to me. However, in my opinion, the Mona Lisa is not at all very impressive.
The Doctor Falling In Love With The Board Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 8786
November 2nd, 2007 at 05:46pm
Anji:
Bleh. I don't like cubism. I love Da Vinci, he was a true master to me. However, in my opinion, the Mona Lisa is not at all very impressive.
I know...
At least with the Impressionists you have light pouring from it (Autumn at Argenteuil = <3) but a lot of paintings from that era all look the same with the creepy eyes and very stylized face.
SILAS FTW. 
