However, in the second edition of his text (1568), Vasari deleted the above sentences, due either to his own reassessment of Leonardo’s art and life or his realization that these reports were based more on gossip than on fact.įurther damage to Leonardo’s reputation came from Sigmund Freud, whose 1910 analysis defined the artist as a "thoroughly abnormal mind." What the Experts Say about Leonardo da Vinci's Life and Religion Vasari’s initial report on Leonardo included thecharge that his "cast of mind was so heretical that he did not adhere to any religion," leading to much speculation about Leonardo, especially with regard to alchemy and secret societies. It has proven unreliable, but influential. The earliest major source for information on the life of Leonardo da Vinci is Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists (1550). The book was revised 18 years later with all the accusations removed, but the original description of Leonardo remains influential to the present day. Many of these accusations date from an account in 1550 by Giorgio Vasari. In reality, Leonardo was probably a homosexual (but not "flamboyant" - that would have gotten him killed) and no great fan of the Church, and he did invent some violent machines (because they made money).īut Leonardo fulfilled only one Vatican commission and there is no evidence for heretical beliefs, pagan symbols in his art, exhumation of corpses (though he did probably dissect them) or alchemy. In The Da Vinci Code, Leonardo da Vinci was a flamboyant homosexual and goddess worshipper who exumed corpses, studied alchemy and elixirs of immortality, invented horrific war and torture instruments, and fulfilled hundreds of Vatican commissions in which he hid pagan symbols. Overview of Leonardo da Vinci in The Da Vinci Code and Reality Was Leonardo really a homosexual? A heretic? Did he hide symbols in his paintings and notebooks? This article explores the fascinating life and art of Leonardo in the context of claims found in The Da Vinci Code. The great artist Leonardo da Vinci is the namesake of the novel The Da Vinci Code and his art and beliefs are central to the story.
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