Digging Deep Into Da Vinci's Masterpieces

January 09, 2008

Well, this isn't strictly archaeological. However, you have to dig hard to find what a group of Da Vinci theorists claim to have unearthed in Leonardo's masterpieces.
Yes, another Da Vinci code is emerging from Leonardo's brushes, according to a forthcoming book by a group called "The Mirror of The Sacred Scriptures and Paintings," who believe that biblical images -- showing horrendous faces, demons and four legged women -- are hidden within the master's artworks. Here is my article and here is how Da Vinci's paintings are mirrored:

It's an intriguing theory. Nevertheless, the claim has raised skepticism in Italy. It seems you can make mirrored images do what you want them to do.

In his website computer scientist Mariano Tomatis shows what you can obtain by mirroring Pellizza da Volpedo's "Fourth Estate," Munch' s "The Scream," and even a picture of Marilyn Monroe.

Here is a slideshow I created using some pictures from his website. While the first two images show some sort of extra-terrestrial lifeform and a figure similar to an unidentified flying object, in the third picture an emaciated Marilyn has nothing less than the Holy Grail impressed upon her nose and forehead.