Leonardo Da Vinci famous paintings

This is Madonna Of The Rocks. This is the first version Leonardo Da Vinci painted for the church but was considered too scandalous. As you can see, Virgin Mary (cloaked in blue) is holding an infant (presumably baby Jesus) and opposite her is Uriel who has his hand around another infant (baby John the baptist). Mary is seen to be gripping something in mid-air with her fingers curled like talons while Uriel is seen making a cutting gesture with his hand as if slicing the neck of the invisible head gripped by Mary. Notice that baby Jesus is submitting to baby John's authority instead of Jesus blessing baby John? There is another watered down painting of Madonna Of The Rocks called Virgin Of The Rocks where the "mistakes" are rectified. The former is found at the Louvre, Paris while the latter is hung in London's National Gallery.



It is said that Jesus (seated in the centre) was the only one holding a glass but look closely and you'll see that everyone seated at the table has a glass. This contradicts the fact that the glass held by Jesus here is the Holy Grail or known as the Chalice. The Last Supper is also known as a drawing with 13 men inside but look closely again and you'll see that the person seated next to Jesus is actually a woman, Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene is Jesus's partner romantically.



The most famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, also known as La Giaconda. It is discussed ad nauseum by people around the world that the painting is actually a reflection of Leonardo himself. The most intriguing thing about this painting is, why is Mona Lisa smiling? No one really knows the answer to that but read The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and you'll probably know why Mona Lisa is smiling. I'm not providing any spoilers.



The Vitruvian Man. Very famous and can be seen almost everywhere, even on mousepads! It is said that Leonardo exhumed corpses to measure the exact proportion of human bone structure. He showed that the human body is made of building blocks whose proportional ratios always equal to PHI, the Divine Proportion which equals to 1.618. Try measuring the length from your shoulder to your fingertips and divide it by the measurement from your elbow to your fingertips. You'll find that it equals to the PHI.