Posted on 07/26/2007 7:03:19 AM PDT by NYer
An Italian IT expert claims to have found a secret image of the Virgin Mary and a Knight Templar inside Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper.
Pesci Slavisa said the image can only be seen in a certain light and that he had to use his computer skills to reveal it.
“I noticed a strange effect, like a shadow, when I was looking through a magazine with a reproduction of The Last Supper,” the 36-year-old explained.
“So I scanned the painting and printed it onto a transparent sheet, which I then laid over the original image.
“The result is a new painting with other figures”.
The news may revive the debate about the painting’s alleged hidden meanings, which was stirred up by Dan Brown’s bestselling thriller The Da Vinci Code.
In The Da Vinci Code, Brown controversially suggested, among other things, that the figure closest to Jesus in the painting was not St John but Mary Magdalene.
The book argues Mary Magdalene was misrepresented in male-dominated Christian history because she allegedly led the Apostles and started Jesus’s blood line: supposedly the real ‘Holy Grail’ (in French, ’sang real’ or royal blood).
The ‘truth’ about the Holy Grail is guarded by the Priory of Sion, which created the Knights Templar, according to the book.
Slavisa, however, insisted that he was not trying to prove any theories about the artwork.
“I’m not an art critic,” he said. “Other people will give explanations of the image. I limit myself to presenting what I noticed by chance, which can be verified very simply.
“I have not even read The Da Vinci Code, I’ve only seen the film, and I’m not even a Leonardo enthusiast.
“Indeed, I was not going to make my findings public at first”.
Milan Culture Councillor and renowned art critic Vittorio Sgarbi dismissed Slavisa’s claims as “pure invention”.
“Although I have not followed this matter, I think it is totally without foundation,” he said.
“The iconography of The Last Supper is the most classical and evangelical. It’s impossible that the painting contains different people from the ones that can be seen.
“Only someone as ignorant as a goat could introduce elements that are not absolutely orthodox into The Last Supper.
“If someone sees something by looking at it through a mirror then that is their point of view, but it is nothing to do with what Leonardo wanted or thought”.
Ya mean secrets like why so many of the faces look European rather than Semitic?
Not to worry folks, King Jesus will be returning when He is least expected, and we’ll get it all settled then. ;
PS - Don’t Leave Earth Without Him.
“So I scanned the painting and printed it onto a transparent sheet, which I then laid over the original image.
I don't understand why this genius had to scan the image. It's already been done and available within seconds via a Google image search. One good sized image here:
TM
“The book argues Mary Magdalene was misrepresented in male-dominated Christian history because she allegedly led the Apostles and started Jesus’s blood line: supposedly the real ‘Holy Grail’ (in French, ’sang real’ or royal blood).”
The argument that early Christianity was “male dominated” is false. Given the context of the time and place, Christianity represented radical liberation for women. My favorite example is the story of Mary and Martha. Martha is cranky that Mary is sitting and listening to Jesus preach. Jesus tells Martha that Mary has chosen the better part and “it will not be taken away from her.” This when Jewish women (and for hundreds of years after) were not allowed to study the Torah. Paul mentions several women as leaders in the Church. Mary, the mother of Jesus and the early female saints are other examples of strong women. These women were scrubbed from the traditions during the Reformation but certainly served me as role models growing up in Parochial schools.
Pure Bovine Scitology ...
Sorry, meant to say that the story about Mary and Martha was Luke 10. :-)
Leonardo was NOT at the last supper and no matter what he created, it’s just his imagination. Anyone who reviews it is also using their imagination. The point is that it is enduring art. The tribute remains to the great artist who created it.
The Last Supper is, I believe, a painting by an Italian artist. It is not sent to us from God. See whatever you want in it - give it your best shot. Slow news day?
Oh, PLEASE, do that! And put it up on this site!
“Here’s another example of a famous painting rife with masonic/templar symbolism:”
Never trust a collie, I say. I’ve heard too many stories about Lassie actually being a transvestite, pretending to be a girl.
I did not know the Last Supper was painted on a WALL! I thought it was painted on canvas or whatever medium that was popular at the time. We should be lucky there is ANY of it left.
I'd think every artist has their own private "dot" in every drawing just because it's so easy. It may be as simple as sandels like the artist wore or a cup that he possesses so the speculating may be endless.
ROTFL!
Probably just the image from the back side of the page in the magazine.
Now you have my interest!
“When you look at Susan in that special light, she really looks quite beautiful. Of course, you can’t always count on that light.”
No, but I see another familiar face ...
“Any sign of Waldo?”
How about Looter Guy or Traveler Guy?
Leonardo his a lot of stuff in his paintings - not shocking something might be there that we only find now.
Why are you so dismissive without seeing it?
sorry, I won’t stoop that low
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