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Originally Posted by Graham
I watched the Tony Robinson analysis of TdVC and I recall him pointing out things like the fact that the candlesticks the killer is supposed to have bashed in the head of his victim with are about six feet tall and need two men to move...!!
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Yes, but in that program thier "Da Vinci" expert claimed the Mary charactor in the last supper is actually John, when if he knew anything about Da Vinci art he'd know that John is on the right (as you look at the painting) of Rabbi Joshua clearly givng the "John Gesture"
The amazing thing about the book though is it's way of making people believe that Da Vinci painted the picture as if he was there and seeing it, like a photo, rather than the creation of his mind's eye.
People think it's a factual representation of an event at the last supper (with joshua doing the "big hands" gesture).
I'd love to be able to go back and find out what his real meaning behind some of the strange features of the image are, like the "Mary" charactor and the elongated fingers apparently slicing at her neck (you'd not expect Da Vinci to get fingers that wrong by accident!)