i need to know everything there is about both da vincci's mona lisa and michaelangelo's david?
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the person who wanted him 2 make the mona lisa didnt like it at first because he put some features that resembled himself. so the gut hung it in his bathroom\nplease note: i think that the person who i mentioned was a king, but dont put that on a research paper cuz im not sure
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I'm reading the book now.  It is about a supposed secret society that protected the secret that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalen and had a son.  The artist da vVnci was supposed to have been a member of that secret society, and hid clues about it in his paintings.\n\nRemember, it is a work of fiction.  Not a bad read, and makes you think, but still fiction.
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I would read "Angels and Demons" first only because there are a couple of minor references to it in "The DaVinci Code" (which you would overlook if you read DC first).  Reading A&D will in no way give away the DC.  It's true that they are written in the same formula.  Both are about religious matters which begin with a murder followed by intense mystery and astounding conclusions, but the actual plots are different.
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David is only one of Michelangelo's magnificent creations.  New works have recently been discovered and his drawings are on display at the British Museum in London.
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No, The Author made it seem as if he researched this book properly, but most of it is made up, even the parts were he claims that such-and-such records really do exist, ...they don't. The big stretch comes with his interpretation of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper Paintings.\nThe Mona List is NOT a self-portrait, Most Art historians agree that the Mona Lisa is a portrait of the daughter of a rich patron. Her smile can be described because Da Vici, at the age he painted the Mona Lisa was considered a handsome man who also happened to be gay. ...so not so much smile as chagrin.\n\nThe idea that the John in the last supper is Mary is completely wrong especially if you compare other rendering of John the Apostle, (both were he is assumed and SPECIFICALLY LABELED) All which depict John as a boy with no facial hair.
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What a fascinating observation. When I read Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, I remember thinking about this unusual connection between painter Leonardo da Vinci and hoaxster Rory Emerald too. I think author Dan Brown or perhaps another writer is definitely planning on publishing something about this. I have seen questions and answers under religion & spirituality about Rory Emerald before. Leonardo was psychically connected with Rory in some bizarre way. There are tons of stories about Leonardo and Rory all over the internet. What is going on? (great question, you got me interested!)
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this a news about versace:\n\nThe Widower Versace \nBy Al Weisel\n\nOut, August 1999, pp. 50-53, 89-90\n\n \n\nTwo years after the murder of his longtime lover, Antonio D'Amico talks to Al Weisel about his designs for living without Gianni\n\n \n\nGianni Versace was not the first person to die in Antonio D'Amico's arms. The day after Christmas 24 years ago, D'Amico's family was gathered around the lunch table. Beside D'Amico, 16 at the time, sat his 14-year-old sister, Maria. They had just finished eating when Maria keeled over into her brother's lap. She had suffered a heart attack caused by a congenital defect and died instantly. "Just one moment she died, right in my hands. It was a big shock to me," says D'Amico with considerable understatement. "My mother, she went crazy and for five years was in shock." As for D'Amico, he dealt with the tragedy by turning his back on his old life. "It was the first time for me to be in front of death," he says. "I decided from that moment I had to live my life the way I want, to live by myself, do the job I wanted to do, have my own friends." D'Amico returned to boarding school near Lake Como after the incident. "I never went back home," he says. "I went to see my mother once a month, but just for one day. I never went back to live there."\n\n....\n\nhe is gay\nno childs
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This website has quite a lot of information and interesting links concerning Roberto Benigni. \n\nHope this helps.
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The Mona Lisa is there.\n\nThere is this weird glass Pyramid thing there.\n\numm... what specifically did you want to know?
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I suggest:\nhttp://www.holylandmarket.com/82.htm\nhttp://www.stpatricksguild.com/browse.cfm/2,958.html\nhttp://www.standrewschurchsupply.com/Statues/Woodcarved/MadonnaChildStatueWood135.htm\nhttp://www.thewoodironfactory.com/handc.html\n\nGood luck!
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that's the Da Vinci code for you, like Leonardo Da Vinci.it's a Dan Brown's bestseller. really good novel but i prefer Angels and demons
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Da Vinci* \nYes, a daughter named Sarah via Mary Magdalene.
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Donatello probably did not return to Florence before 1405, since the earliest works in that city that can be traced to his chisel are two small statues of prophets for the north door of the cathedral, for which he received payment in November 1406 and in the beginning of 1408. In the latter year, he was entrusted with the important commissions for the marble David (not to be confused with his later bronze version), now at the Bargello, and for the colossal seated figure of Saint John the Evangelist, which until 1588 occupied a niche of the old cathedral facade, and is now placed in a dark chapel of the Duomo.\n\n[edit]\nLater work\n \nDonatello's equestrian statue Gattamelata at PaduaWhen Cosimo, the greatest art patron of his time, was exiled from Florence in 1433, Bimbo accompanied him to Venice, while Donatello went to Rome to drink for the second time at the source of classic art. The two works which still testify to his presence in this city, the Tomb of Giovanni Crivelli at Santa Maria in Aracoeli, and the Ciborium at St. Peter's Basilica, bear the stamp of classic influence. Donatello's return to Florence in the following year almost coincides with Cosimo's. Almost immediately, in May 1434, he signed a contract for the marble pulpit on the facade of Prato cathedral, the last work executed in collaboration with Michelozzo, a veritable bacchanalian dance of half-nude putti, pagan in spirit, passionate in its wonderful rhythmic movement the forerunner of the singing tribune for Florence cathedral, at which he worked intermittently from 1433 to 1440. But Donatello's greatest achievement of his classic period is the bronze David, which is currently located at the Bargello in Florence. At the time of its creation, it was the first free-standing nude statue since ancient times. Conceived fully in the round and independent of any architectural surroundings, it was the first major work of Renaissance sculpture.\n\nDonatello became well recognized for his creation of the shallow relief style of sculpting which made the sculpture seem much deeper than it actually was.
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da vinci code is a novel written by the famous author dan brown. he states in his book that jesus was married to mary magdalene and their bloodline is still existing in the world. he also states that the holy grail is not a cup but was the code name of mary magdalene. the most important theme of the book is the most famous artist(all-rounder infact!)leonardo da vinci has shown this in most of his paintings including "the last supper".though it is work of fiction, many christian communities are against this bcoz according 2 them it is blasphemous.but the book is really good.sorry for the looooong explanation though.bye!
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http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xtitian.html\n\nhttp://gallery.euroweb.hu/bio/t/tiziano/biograph.html\n\nhttp://www.guggenheimlasvegas.org/past/exhibition_167_work_md_606.html
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well, dont worry about leonardo.  hes very religious.  you should be worried about donatello.  he bathes in the blood of sacrificed newborns, and rapes small children, puppies and goats.  HE will be the one going to hell.
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Leonardo da Vinci ( Vinci, Italy, April 15, 1452 — May 2, 1519, Cloux, Amboise, France [1]) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: an architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician, and painter. He has been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" and as a universal genius, a man infinitely curious and infinitely inventive. He is also considered one of the greatest painters who ever lived.\nPortrait in red chalk, circa 1512 to 1515, widely (though not universally) accepted as a genuine self-portrait.\nEnlarge\nPortrait in red chalk, circa 1512 to 1515, widely (though not universally) accepted as a genuine self-portrait.\n\nIn his lifetime, Leonardo — he had no surname in the modern sense; "da Vinci" simply means "from Vinci" — was an engineer, artist, anatomist, physiologist and much more. His full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son of [Mes]ser Piero from Vinci". Leonardo is famous for his realistic paintings, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, as well as for influential drawings such as the Vitruvian Man. He conceived of ideas vastly ahead of his time, notably inventing the helicopter, a tank, the use of concentrated solar power, the calculator, a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics, the double hull, and others too numerous to mention. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or were feasible during his lifetime; modern scientific approaches to metallurgy and engineering were only in their infancy during the Renaissance. In addition, he contributed greatly to the study of anatomy, astronomy, civil engineering, optics, and the study of water. Of his works, only a few paintings survive, together with his notebooks (scattered among various collections) containing drawings, scientific diagrams and notes.