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That's not Leonardo da Vinci!
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Posted on 02/10/2006 12:15:47 PM PST by lunarbicep
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To: lunarbicep
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posted on
02/10/2006 12:18:08 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(I signed up in 1997 to post *this*?)
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
02/10/2006 12:19:18 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
To: lunarbicep
Yes, certainly doesn't look like a 48 year old man.
More like 78.
To: lunarbicep
I suppose this will also put to rest the theory that the Mona Lisa is DaVinci in drag considering they based it on comparisons to this image..
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posted on
02/10/2006 12:22:43 PM PST
by
mnehring
(Perry 06- It's better than a hippie in a cowboy hat or a commie with blue hair.)
To: Fresh Wind
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posted on
02/10/2006 12:23:58 PM PST
by
SquirrelKing
(Contrary to popular belief, America is not a democracy, it is a Chucktatorship.)
To: Siena Dreaming
Well, the weakness of the whole argument is that, in fact, I've met some people who were 48 and looked 68, and have heard or seen photographs of many more.
The puzzler is that during that time it was common for artists to paint portraits of other contemporary artists, yet not a single authenticated portrait of Leonardo?
He must have pi**ed off a lot of people...
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
02/10/2006 12:28:40 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(...Never forget, Jimmy Carter can be elected president AGAIN!........)
To: Siena Dreaming
Well, people didn't live very long back then- during the middle ages anyone over 40 was an old fogey.
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posted on
02/10/2006 12:28:41 PM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(We Acadiens have nothing to do with Québec)
To: Publius6961
The inscription written a century after the fact, and part of it illegible?
Coupled with the fact that most of 48 years, even back then probably didn't look like this...I don't think it's Leonardo.
To: lunarbicep
I always hide things in the penultimate place people might look.
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posted on
02/10/2006 12:43:36 PM PST
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Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: Republicanprofessor
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02/10/2006 12:45:01 PM PST
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retrokitten
(www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
To: lunarbicep
Turin's Royal Library Get with the (sports) program. It's "Turino" now.
SOmeone update the sign on the Shroud, too.
TS
That is all. Move it along now. Nothing else to see here.
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posted on
02/10/2006 1:29:47 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: Publius6961
In Raphael's 1501 fresco "School of Athens", he uses Leonardo as his model for Plato. The image is very similar to the self-portrait.
To: Publius6961
I have also read that Leonardo da Vinci did not fear growing old, and preferred to depict his own image as it would in later life come to be, rather than promulgate some idealized notion of enduring youthfulness.
Leonardo planned his own imagery well, and he continues to both baffle and challenge. Listen to him chuckle.
To: Siena Dreaming
It's true.
Here's a rare, authentic image:
To: Sam Cree; Liz; Joe 6-pack; woofie; vannrox; giotto; iceskater; Conspiracy Guy; Dolphy; ...
Art Ping.
Let Sam Cree, Woofie or me know if you want on or off the art ping list.
To: pico della mirandola
Right you are.
To: Republicanprofessor; Sam Cree; Liz; Joe 6-pack; woofie; vannrox; giotto; iceskater; ...
Yes, but they found his upper limbs in an arms cache in Croatia.
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posted on
02/10/2006 3:44:01 PM PST
by
Lady Jag
( All I want is a kind word, a warm bed, and world domination)
To: lunarbicep
Breaking: Italian art students who worship DaVinci have attacked the FR embassy in response to this outrageous publication of his image!
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