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Leonardo da Vinci definitely did not sculpt the Flora bust
Phys dot org ^
| April 16, 2021
| CNRS
Posted on 04/20/2021 3:15:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
"It is machination, it is deception," said the director general of the Berlin Royal Museums in his defense when criticized for buying a fake. Wilhelm Bode did not budge an inch: The sculpture he acquired in 1909 was an as-yet unknown production of the great Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci.
After 100 years and numerous controversies, a group of scientists led by a CNRS researcher has just proven him wrong once and for all. The Flora wax bust, conserved at the Bode Museum in Berlin, recently underwent radiocarbon (14C) dating, which provided both a precise date and an incontrovertible result: It was made in the 19th century, nearly 300 years after da Vinci's death.
As the sculpture was made primarily from spermaceti, a kind of wax extracted from whales, the researchers had to develop a new calibration method to accurately date the work of art.
Their results, which were published on 15 April 2021 in Scientific Reports, show how 14C dating can be applied to unusual materials.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: carbon14; davinci; godsgravesglyphs; leonardo; leonardodavinci; radiocarbondating; spermaceti
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posted on
04/20/2021 3:15:06 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
A bit too cracked for my taste...nice tatas tho...
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posted on
04/20/2021 4:09:39 AM PDT
by
Adder
("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
To: Adder
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posted on
04/20/2021 4:46:09 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
04/20/2021 4:46:29 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
I’m not fauna this thing.
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posted on
04/20/2021 4:50:05 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
To: SunkenCiv
So, he’s been busted?.......................
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posted on
04/20/2021 4:57:38 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: SunkenCiv
... the sculpture was made primarily from spermaceti, a kind of wax extracted from whales ... So, someone was ambergrising the skids................
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:00:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: Red Badger
“Give me 35 pounds of spermaceti.”
“35 pounds of whaaaaat?!?”
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:09:39 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Salamander
Animals around here, I tell ya, ANIMALS!
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:10:06 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: Salamander
It needs to be putti some kind of artistic perspective.
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:10:41 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: dangus
LOL
/I’ll show myself out
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:16:20 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:17:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: SunkenCiv
I see no need to wax rhapsodic
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:18:19 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:18:58 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
To: Salamander
Clearly this was a scam perpetrated by some chiseler.
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:31:38 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
I knew immediately it was not Da Vinci’s work.
He was gay.....................
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:37:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
To: SunkenCiv
“I’ll stop the world and melt with you...” is now stuck in my head.
/don’t ask
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:37:47 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:41:31 AM PDT
by
Salamander
(Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/20/2021 5:44:23 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
To: Red Badger
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