What is Da Vinci's impact on today's world?
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It raised revinue for the pulisher, the book shops, the \n\nauthor, and the movie studio and associated industries, TV \n\nshows and actors eg Tom Hanks, and the tax man who skims \n\nall profits.\n\n\nIt purpetuated the habit of reading on plains and trains on \n\nthe way to work, and facilitated the indulgence of peoples \n\nimagination into areas that are clearly heralded as FICTION.\n\nFinaly, it inspires questions such as this one to be posted\n\non weblog forums such as this one!\n\n\nGood Luck\n\nJimmy
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Sure. It works. Not the most beautiful thing I've ever heard, but I guess it'll get better, huh? Other possibilities that might work are:\n\nLeonardo da Vinci was\nIn 1452 born.\n\nor\n\nBorn the year 'fore 1453,\nLeonardo da Vinci\n...
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Michelangelo: La Pieta  a marble statue that shows the Virgin Mary grieving over the dead Jesus.\nDavid a colossal sculpture figure of David\nThe ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican\n\nLeonardo da Vinci\nScientific study of light and shadow\nCreating atmosphere and depth\nStudy of nature and anatomy, dissections of the human body\nAnd off course , the painting Mona Lisa nad the Last Supper
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The DaVinci Code was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year now, and it's still being sold and read.\n\nThe major controversy in the story is that the Holy Grail isn't a cup, but is the bloodline of Jesus Christ, and that Jesus didn't die on the cross and was resurrected in three days, but married Mary Magdalene and had children.
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It will be the same, or very similar. Nobody is indispensable. The ideas of Leonardo will eventually proposed by another genius.
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the influence of pop culture on today's society.
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Da Vinci* \nYes, a daughter named Sarah via Mary Magdalene.
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yes\n\nno more da vinci code!
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Leonardo da Vinci!\nThe Mona Lisa
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I do. It's fiction although it claims to have historical relevance because Leonardo's portrayal of Mary Magdalene and the apostle John in the famous last supper, look the same.
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Its about the theory that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene & their blood line still exists protected by a secret society called Priority of Sion. \n\nThough this is the main theme od Da Vinci Code, there are also many controversial facts such as Jesus was a mortal just like any of us, the church has been putting down the role of women in the society & many such things.\n\nIts worth a read, very intresting.
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The scientist believe that Davinci was just more than a artist, they believed he was one of the most intellegant people of his time. They believe he encoded all of his works (paintings, sculptures, etc) with some sort of code that modern man is not able to break at this time. They belive Davinci had the answers to some of the most asked questions.
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You are kidding right? Jesus, Mohammad, and Moses have shaped the world in such a way that it is completely unfathomable how the world would be without them. The amount of believers alone and how they have gone about their lives differently because of their faith... I mean it's a bit mind-boggling that one couldn't see how these characters have shaped world events.\n\nIt's like one of those things where there are so many things to list you can't even think of one.\n\nHow about the trouble in the middle east over the nation of Israel? The renaissance was inspired so much by Christian themes. The US was founded for a haven of religious tolerance.\n\nMorally, you ask though.  These religions propogate the innate dignity inherent in all human beings. They fortify stances against murder.\n\nI just don't even want to go on. I don't know how you could be convinced if you haven't already.
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The da Vinci code as far as the book goes is a work of fiction.  However, da Vinci did have a way of coding his works on engineering and invention.  Like many others of his time, he would alter a key step in building or using his inventions, in order to keep others from being able to copy his work.  This is because there were no patent laws during his time, so there was no legal way of protecting his ideas.
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It is a thriller story involving secret societies, conspiracies, the Catholic Church, and the fictional "truth" about Jesus Christ. Here is the author's own summary: \n\nA renowned Harvard symbologist is summoned to the Louvre Museum to examine a series of cryptic symbols relating to Da Vinci's artwork. In decrypting the code, he uncovers the key to one of the greatest mysteries of all time . . . and he becomes a hunted man.\nDuring the course of the novel it is alleged that the Catholic Church is perpetuating a major, centuries-long conspiracy to hide the "truth" about Jesus Christ from the public, and it or its agents are willing to stop at nothing, including murder, to do so.
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How about the role of Dante Alighieri, in development of the Italian language, through his great work, the "Divina Commedia"?\n\nOr, as part of that, his impact on history? There is also extensive historical material about his life and times, in the "Commedia".
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The book concerns the attempts of Robert Langdon, Professor of Religious Symbology at Harvard University, to solve the murder of renowned curator Jacques Saunière of the Louvre Museum in Paris. \n\nThe title of the novel refers, among other things, to the fact that Saunière's body is found in the Denon Wing of the Louvre naked and posed like Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man, with a cryptic message written beside his body and a Pentagram drawn on his stomach in his own blood. The interpretation of hidden messages inside Leonardo's famous works, including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, figure prominently in the solution to the mystery.\n\n\nThe main conflict in the novel revolves around the solution to two mysteries:\n\n    * What secret was Saunière protecting that led to his murder?\n\n    * Who is the mastermind behind his murder?\n\nThe novel has several concurrent storylines that follow different characters. Eventually all the storylines are brought together and resolved with the denouement.\n\nThe unravelling of the mystery requires the solution to a series of brain-teasers, including anagrams and number puzzles. The solution itself is found to be intimately connected with the possible location of the Holy Grail and to a mysterious society called the Priory of Sion, as well as to the Knights Templar. The story also involves a fictional rendition of the Catholic organization Opus Dei.