The Eternal Enigma

[Insidious Von]

As part of The Treaty of Utrecht to end The War of The Spanish Succession and to allow a Bourbon to rule Spain, King Louis XIV gave his collection of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks to the British. They are stored at The Queen's Library and their worth has been valued at $ 5 Billion. Our fascination with the great Renaissance Man has never wavered.

 

[Yoga Face]

Economist Keynes bought Newtons papers at auction then deciphered them discovering Newtons passion of Alchemy

 

[Yoga Face]

An Italian painter born in 1452, Da Vinci is what most would call the quintessential Renaissance man. With an alleged IQ estimated between 180 and 190, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest painters of all time, and perhaps, the most diversely knowledgeable person to have ever lived. He was an established polymath who worked in the fields of mathematics, engineering, anatomy, geology, botany, architecture, sculpting, painting, music, and literature.

More than that, he is particularly famous for his masterpieces: Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and the Vitruvian Man. A true visionary, he was centuries ahead of his time with his detailed concepts of the helicopter, calculator, tank and the double hull, apart from his outlined theories on solar power, hydrodynamics, and plate tectonics.



he does get the mixture of dry plaster wrong

it quickly started cracking and has destroyed the last supper

but a lot of his stuff actually works IE the parachute, battle tank

 

[Yoga Face]

The Vitruvian Man drawing is based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius

 

[Yoga Face]

he does get the mixture of dry plaster wrong

it quickly started cracking and has destroyed the last supper

very little original paint is left after many restorations


note the square where christ's feet should be is missing after they built a door through the wall???!!!

 

[Yoga Face]

The Mona Lisa is in oil ( da vinci created oil paint)

The ambiguity of the subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms and the atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.

 

[seth gecko]

The Vitruvian Man drawing is based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius

Many women over the years have compared me to the Vitruvian man, based on my ideally proportioned physique. However, they had to reconsider that categorization once they saw my overly-proportioned wang.

 

[danmand]

Many women over the years have compared me to the Vitruvian man, based on my ideally proportioned physique. However, they had to reconsider that categorization once they saw my overly-proportioned wang.

No wonder you are a sought after advisor to more than a handful of governments and hold several professorships in both science and arts.

 

[Perry Mason]

Actually, the smile on the Mona Lisa is an optical illusion... depending whether you focus on the darker or lighter colors and shades.

And that is still, today, ahead of the times!

And the Vitruvian Man is a very accurate rendering of the Golden Mean, aka "phi" or .618.

Perry

 

[Yoga Face]

Actually, the smile on the Mona Lisa is an optical illusion... depending whether you focus on the darker or lighter colors and shades.

And that is still, today, ahead of the times!

how do u focus to get her not to smile?

 

[Insidious Von]

I have a print of this, it hangs prominently in my office. When you look at it you realize that Albert Einstein assessment of him was spot on.

" Figuring out how Leonardo's mind worked is like diving into a still water pond that bottomless" - AE in Florence 1917.

 

[Insidious Von]

To end a bloody stalemate the French Crown gave away its most priceless treasure. Leo's notebooks were handed over to the Emissary of The British Royal Society: Edmond Halley. Legend has it he shit his pants.

 

[Insidious Von]

Leonardo's investigations of the human anatomy got him in the cross-hairs of The Inquisition. Fortunately for him it still wasn't the psychotic force for ignorance that it would become after The Sack of Rome. Still, he decided it wasn't a risk worth taking and accepted King Francois I offer to move to Paris. When he died the French King was at his bedside, he was entombed within Notre Dame. Unfortunately his sepulcher was destroyed during The French Revolution, his mortal remains have been lost.