You're right,it is a great read.And even though its fiction,theres a lot of truth behind the facts.Just pick up an art history book on the Renaissance.A lot of symbolism went into the making of every oil painting.And during the dark ages too.Artists had to paint by rules set up by the church and patrons(who were usually the church or high ranking officials closely linked to the church).There were always tidbits painted into portraits and themed paintings.Since there ws no tv then,that was entertainment! Leonardo was a pretty intelligent fellow.Supposingly he's painted himself into all his works.And he was a member of a secret society thats still in existance today.The Masonic temple goes way back to the Knights Templar.A lot of colonial political figures were members.One of my uncles was a Mason,but was real secret about it. -- Sassenach Musings

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Date Posted: 18:08:08 10/24/04 Sun
Author: BGWJ
Subject: You're right,it is a great read.And even though its fiction,theres a lot of truth behind the facts.Just pick up an art history book on the Renaissance.A lot of symbolism went into the making of every oil painting.And during the dark ages too.Artists had to paint by rules set up by the church and patrons(who were usually the church or high ranking officials closely linked to the church).There were always tidbits painted into portraits and themed paintings.Since there ws no tv then,that was entertainment! Leonardo was a pretty intelligent fellow.Supposingly he's painted himself into all his works.And he was a member of a secret society thats still in existance today.The Masonic temple goes way back to the Knights Templar.A lot of colonial political figures were members.One of my uncles was a Mason,but was real secret about it.
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[> It's a really quick read (you can't put it down) - read it when you have a couple of days available!! DS#1 had the same HS English teacher as Dan Brown (though Brown is about a decade older i think), and I keep asking DS if he has a best-seller floating around in his head!! C'mon, boy!!! -- annieo, 18:59:26 10/24/04 Sun

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