| In Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, the
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| | MYSTERIESThis was not Seracini's first
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| author refers to Da Vinci's painting, The
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| | "mystery" connected with Da Vinci's
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| Adoration of the Magi, which may conceal
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| | paintings.In fact, one of his earliest
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| a hidden message. This painting was
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| | commissions was from UCLA's Da Vinci
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| "lost" for over 100 years after Da Vinci
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| | expert, Professor Carlo Pedretti. He
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| was commissioned by the friars of San
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| | asked Seracini to help find another
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| Donato in Florence, Italy.In the era of
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| | painting started by Da Vinci, the Battle
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| Leonardo Da Vinci, students apprenticed
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| | of Anghiari, known at the time as Fight
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| with a master artist such as Da Vinci or
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| | for the Flag.According to Da Vinci's own
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| Michelangelo. Apprentices copied the work
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| | notes, he began the painting in June
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| of the master, and--once they proved that
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| | 1505. A letter written in 1549 mentions
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| they could mimic his style--they could
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| | the completed mural, with reference to
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| finish work that he started.To study The
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| | the importance of studying the horses
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| Adoration of the Magi, art expert
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| | closely, to see a "miraculous
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| Maurizio Seracini--the only nonfictional
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| | thing."However, in the 1560s, the Medici
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| character in The Da Vinci Code--used
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| | family hired artist Giorgio Vasari (1511
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| ultrasound scans. He discovered that Da
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| | - 1574)--one of Michelangelo's
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| Vinci did the underdrawing, but the paint
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| | students--to cover the Battle of Anghiari
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| over Da Vinci's work was applied by
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| | mural.Vasari could have painted over the
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| someone else.Seracini commented,
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| | mural, but he probably didn't. The
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| "Leonardo never meant the painting to
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| | project would have been enormous. The
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| look like this." In fact, Seracini
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| | Anghiari mural is estimated to be about
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| discovered a series of drawings, one
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| | three times the size of Da Vinci's The
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| layered over the next.WHAT WAS
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| | Last Supper.Also, Vasari was an admirer
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| COVEREDPreliminary studies show a bloody
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| | of Da Vinci. Vasari once said about him,
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| battle in Da Vinci's original work, but
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| | "Leonardo da Vinci was a man of regal
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| only two horsemen from that scene--in the
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| | spirit and tremendous breadth of mind;
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| upper right corner of the painting--are
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| | and his name became so famous that not
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| still visible.On Mary's left, there is an
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| | only was he esteemed during his lifetime,
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| odd building, usually described as a
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| | but his reputation endured and became
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| ruined palace. However, Seracini's
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| | even greater after his death."According
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| studies reveal a lotus flower design at
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| | to Seracini's studies, a brick wall that
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| the top of a column, indicating Egyptian
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| | Vasari erected over the eastern side of
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| architecture.In addition, a tree grows
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| | the building--where Da Vinci's Battle of
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| out of the stonework, and craftsmen
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| | Anghiari mural was supposed to
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| appear to be working on it. Seracini
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| | be--probably conceals the mural.On that
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| speculates that Da Vinci was showing a
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| | wall, Vasari placed his own mural, Battle
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| Pagan temple being rebuilt.LITERALLY, A
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| | of Marciano in the Chiana Valley. As a
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| COVER-UPAccording to Seracini's studies,
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| | clue, Vasari placed the message, "Cerca
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| the later painting may have been applied
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| | Trova" or--in English--"Seek and you
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| as much as 50 years after Leonardo Da
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| | shall find," in his mural. This
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| Vinci sketched it.The big mystery is, of
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| | five-century-old message is the only one
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| course, why?Did Da Vinci have a specific
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| | of its kind in the painting.As of late
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| reason to stop working on this painting?
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| | 2005, more studies are necessary before
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| Was the cover-up a form of
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| | the Palazzo Vecchio museum will approve
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| censorship?There is evidence that Da
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| | the temporary removal of the Vasari
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| Vinci expected someone to tamper with his
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| | mural, to see what's behind the wall.It
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| original design. He took the unusual step
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| | may reveal yet another clue to the
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| of sealing his underdrawing.It's
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| | mystery of Da Vinci's messages, as
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| impossible to conclude anything until
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| | described in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci
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| more studies--and perhaps more
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| | Code.Fiona Broome is an artist, Celtic
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| information--are uncovered.MORE
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| | (and Grail) historian, and writer.
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