Some researchers are convinced that the paintings of the great masters contain secret symbols, which, upon close examination, can be examined and sometimes even deciphered their meaning … In particular, this applies to the works of Leonardo da Vinci and other famous artists of the Renaissance. Here are four canvases about which similar myths circulate.
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
Most researchers pay attention to the mysterious smile of the famous Mona Lisa. Meanwhile, the woman's eyes must not be overlooked. Italian historians have found that if you look at them under a microscope, some letters and numbers become visible.
So, in the right eye you can see the letters LV, which can, however, represent just the initials of the name Leonardo da Vinci. The characters in the left eye have not yet been recognized: either they are letters CE, or B …
In the arch of the bridge, located in the background of the painting, the number 72 "flaunts", although there are other versions, for example, that it is two or the letter L … The number 149 is also visible on the canvas (the four is erased). This may indicate the year the painting was created - 1490 or later …
By the way, recently French expert Pascal Cott announced that another image is hidden under a layer of paint in the painting. He came to this conclusion after spending ten years studying the portrait with the help of a technology he himself developed, based on the reflection of light rays.
According to the scientist, it was possible to "recognize" the second portrait under the "Mona Lisa". It also depicts a woman who sits in exactly the same pose as the notorious Gioconda, however, unlike the latter, she does not smile.
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The Last Supper
It also belongs to da Vinci's brush. There is an assumption that the "Last Supper" is a whole system of codes and ciphers, and that it encodes a global prophecy of future world events. In order to read it, it is necessary to thoroughly study all the objects depicted in the fresco, taking into account their number, location and the smallest details.
The painting appears in Dan Brown's famous book The Da Vinci Code. In the center of this work is the secret order "Priory of Zion", which allegedly included the "divine Leonardo", who encrypted in his works the key to the location of the legendary Grail …
According to Brown's version, Mary Magdalene sits to the right of Christ in da Vinci's painting (according to the official version, this is the Apostle John, who had a very feminine appearance). However, this version is shared not only by the fiction writer Dan Brown, but also by a number of experts, in particular, the Italian art critic Victoria Hatziel …
Information technologist Slavisa Pesci somehow decided to experiment and superimposed a mirror-like translucent copy on the original painting. The result is a curious visual effect: at both ends of the table, two human figures appeared, similar to Knights Templar, and to the left of Christ, a figure resembling a woman with a baby in her arms …
In turn, the Italian musician Giovanni Maria Pala said that in the position of the apostles' hands and bread on the table, a musical composition is encrypted, but the "notes" should be read from right to left, as da Vinci loved "mirror" writing.
"Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo
This is one of the most famous frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, during the work of which the great artist and sculptor of the Italian Renaissance actively used his knowledge of anatomy. It is said that he even dissected corpses excavated in a church cemetery as a 17-year-old boy.
According to experts, even individual elements of the brain can be seen on the notorious fresco, for example, the cerebellum, optic nerve and pituitary gland. And in the figure of Adam stretching out his hand to God, one can see the outlines of the Varolian bridge and the spine. In general, not a picture, but an anatomical atlas!
"Madonna with St. Giovannino" by Domenico Ghirlandaio
Here, no "secret codes" seem to be observed … But in the sky above the left shoulder of Mary, a drop is visible, which upon closer examination is a disc-shaped object. It seems that it even glitters, and obviously the artist has deliberately placed it so that it catches the eye …
In addition, on the right side of the canvas, in the background, there is a man who raised his hand to his eyes, as if blinded by the shine of an object … In the upper left corner, an object resembling the sun is visible. Ufologists believe that these are UFOs that have visited Earth at all times …
However, how many people, so many opinions. Perhaps there is nothing secret in the "secret signs", or they are not at all, but there are only unsubstantiated conjectures …
Margarita Troitsyna