Since The Da Vinci Code was published in 2003, it has - no matter what anyone may think of it as literature - become a bona fide cultural phenomenon. Now a major motion picture, the book's intriguing fictional plot line has spawned both imitation novels and some 40 works of non-fiction written to refute elements found in The Code. It has also managed to raise questions in the minds of nearly everyone who's read it. In response to your emails, I've been publishing answers to questions about Leonardo and his art as found in The Da Vinci Code since 2003. They are here assembled, side by side and illustrated with works by Leonardo.
Please remember: this is an Art History site. We're covering art and an artist. If you have questions about murderous albino monks, Gnostic Gospels or Secret Societies, you'll have to go elsewhere. If you need art historic information about The Da Vinci Code, I hope what follows is helpful.
Please remember: this is an Art History site. We're covering art and an artist. If you have questions about murderous albino monks, Gnostic Gospels or Secret Societies, you'll have to go elsewhere. If you need art historic information about The Da Vinci Code, I hope what follows is helpful.
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- Have You Read the Book?(Cropped) PD image courtesy Wikimedia Commons; CC license
- How Much of the Book is True?Image courtesy ArtprintCollection.com
- What Was Leonardo's Name?Image courtesy ArtprintCollection.com; Used with permission.
- What Did Leonardo Look Like?Image courtesy ArtprintCollection.com; Used with permission.
- Was Leonardo Gay?Image courtesy Art Renewal Center.
- Did Leonardo Write in Code?Image courtesy Museum Store Company™; Used with permission.
- How Much Art Makes Up an "Enormous Output?"Public Domain image courtesy Wikimedia Commons
- How Many Vatican Commissions Did Leonardo Get?Image source ArtprintCollection.com; Used with permission
- Androgynous Anagram of Egyptian God Names?Image source ArtprintCollection.com; Used with permission
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