Leonardo da Vinci: The Mysterious Supper | On the Road
Giants of History
JT Fusco
4.8 • 954 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2015
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Welcome back all history fans to the Giants of History Podcast!
In our fifth episode of the Leonardo da Vinci series, we follow Leonardo as he starts work on The Last Supper, leaves Milan and returns to Florence after eighteen years, and then joins the employment of Cesare Borgia.
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| 0:00.0 | Giants of History presents Leonardo da Vinci, episode number five. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome. Welcome to Giants of History and thank you for joining us. To develop a complete mind, study the science of art. |
| 0:35.0 | Study the art of science. |
| 0:37.0 | Learn how to see. |
| 0:39.0 | Realize that everything connects to everything else. |
| 0:42.0 | Leonardo da Vinci. connects to everything else. |
| 0:43.1 | Leonardo da Vinci. |
| 0:46.1 | The Last Supper is one of the most famous paintings in all the world. |
| 0:50.1 | But not just because of the incredible workmanship and artistry displayed by Leonardo, |
| 0:55.0 | but also because of what some people and art historians believe are secret messages hidden |
| 1:01.0 | inside of the painting itself. |
| 1:04.0 | For all the Dan Brown fans out there, some of this may sound familiar, and for those of you hearing |
| 1:09.0 | about these observations for the first time, they will no doubt intrigue you. |
| 1:13.0 | Whether they are true or not, will most likely never be able to confirm. |
| 1:17.0 | But nevertheless, they are something to think about. |
| 1:21.0 | And one note to mention here is that to see the observations that |
| 1:24.7 | will discuss, one must look at the painting by Leonardo, not the copies or versions |
| 1:29.6 | done by others. The following are some of the secrets and observations to look for when you review |
| 1:36.2 | the painting. |
| 1:38.0 | The salt shaker in front of Judas is tipped over, symbolizing that it is him that will betray Jesus. |
| 1:45.0 | He is also holding a bag of silver in his hand. |
| 1:48.0 | There is a hand holding a knife in the left side of the painting just above the table line. |
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