::::What 'Da Vinci code??'::::

St. John the Baptist, by Leo

[the similarity this painting bears to Mona Lisa is
revealing ... the feminine, sexually ambiguous look of St. John
made Leo's homosexuality a public controversy]

Timeline

15 Apr 1452	Leonardo born, illegitimate to Ser Piero da Vinci, in Vinci Italy.
1472	Member of the Painter's Guild, Florence.
1476	da Vinci and several other young men arrested for sodomy. The charges are dropped, but the scandal taints Leonardo's time in Florence.
1482	Moves to Milan to escape talk of buggery.
1495	Begins work on "The Last Supper."
1499	Finishes "The Last Supper." Because of his experimental technique in painting materials, the epic piece begins to disintegrate immediately.
1502	Meets Cesare Borgia, who becomes his patron, and Niccol Machiavelli, who becomes a lifelong friend.
1504	Returns to Florence, starts working on "Mona Lisa."
1513	Moves to Rome.
1519	Leonardo dies.

[memoryforever]

Actually, I'm not that interested in Leo but the movie and the novel in which he was utilized as a main factor.

Anyway, Dan Brown is great as the writer of this book, of course, what he did was just to borrow the ideas from "Templar Revelation" written by Lynn & Clive.

I am not sure if the influence brought in by this movie is to have fans study BIBLE more or learn LEO more, to me, it is the former.

Glad to see more friends here being interested in this topic, I have been pretty impressed by this movie.

[~&~]

there are soooooo many books now on Leo, etc....don't get lost in them :)

[y.y.]

好象！！！
你这一说，我得看以前买的他的传记：)