2004 (212)
2005 (450)
2008 (49)
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]
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. |
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.
你这一说,我得看以前买的他的传记:)