Leonardo- The Man Behind the Shroud [1/6]

The Shroud of Turin: sacred Christian relic or clever fake? If it was created, it must have been by someone with extraordinary skills. The evidence points to one man, one of the greatest geniuses who has ever lived. Was Leonardo da Vinci the man behind the Shroud of Turin?

Worshiped by millions as the authentic burial cloth of Jesus, the Shroud of Turin is one of the most sacred and controversial relics of the Christian world. The image of Christ, believers say, was burned into the cloth fibers by the intense heat of resurrection. Behind the Cathedral that holds the Shroud, the Library of Palazzo Reale contains the self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci.

What is the link between these two remarkable images?

This extraordinary film will weave together different threads of this puzzle. It explains the enormous significance of the Shroud, and the controversy over its authenticity that has raged in recent years following attempts at scientific study. And it asks the question: if it is a fake, who on earth would have had the ability to create it? - for the image on the Shroud is no ordinary painting.

Experts on the Shroud, on renaissance art, image analysis, forensic science, and crucifixion argue how this strange and mysterious image might have been created - or how it could not have been. Was it created photographically, in a camera obscura, was the image burnt on by pressing the cloth against a heated sculpture? Was it indeed painted, using a very sophisticated technique? Every method suggested points to the fact that the artist would have needed unique talents, and the film demonstrates that these talents were exhibited by one individual: Leonardo da Vinci - inventor, visionary, scientist, anatomist, artist and heretic.

Leonardo had not only the means to create the Shroud, he also had the motive. His was a life of facing challenges, of discovering the unknown, of pushing the boundaries... and of devising riddles and practical jokes. He also despised the excesses of the Catholic church - though he moved among the upper reaches of its hierarchy. Indeed, he was close to the Pope himself, through whom he was familiar with the Savoy royal family. And it was the Savoys who, significantly, owned the Shroud at the time a Papal blessing gave it its aura of authenticity.

Leonardo: The Man behind the Shroud, captures the wonder that the shroud holds, and the mastery of Leonardo.

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[1776bricks]

I think the case for da Vinci making the shroud is overwhelming. I am convinced that it was him, the guy was a pure genius.

[GoodShepard007]

Leonardo Divinchi did not paint the shroud. He never painted with human blood and the image on the shroud is made of myrrh, a tree resin that comes from Israel. It has already been positively identified as myrrh from 1st Century. The image contains the carbohydrate formula C6 H10 O5. When it hardens it becomes glossy and hard. Light sensative and reflective. It also contains cellulose, when exposed to light forms an invisible image in reverse color. That is what is on the Shroud. A Photo.

[AuroraSunset]

you forgot the question mark in the title.

[Dectheboner]

Sure it could of been anyman that was crucified

[tjrxk7]

Leonardo certainly created the shroud. He was a brave man to do this realizing that not 50 years before him,Bruno had been burned at the stake by the Catholic church for saying the earth revolves around the sun along with other planets. Today however we see the Vatican being helped by Israeli scientists who claim the shroud valid by some 'pollen from the Middle East' they had found in it............. LMAO

[plagueofangels666]

what music is played in the intro? (when the title flashes up)

[rarosera]

It takes an amazing mind to create an amazing fake, and Leonardo DaVinci had such a mind...

[kickinfish]

god created earth & all her splenders... then man...he gave us mother earth to use as our home...even introduced us to his son/family.. look what we did/do/doing to all that ...worst guests on the plant...... i feel ashamed....treat everything on earth as you would teach your own children how to behave when VISITING some one elses house.....knock & WAIT to be invitied in, for starters........simple manners....... one earth......

[davlor86]

leonardo or not, who ever did that shroud was a fucking genius

[Porphyrygrampus]

And what is outstanding is the total contrast between the brilliance of the Shroud and the mediocrity of the attempts to capture it in paint.

BTW, the dates of the medieval, (not Renaissance when Leonardo lived), paintings and drawings of the Shroud are proof in themselves that the artists knew the original Shroud centuries before Leonardo. Why otherwise draw Shrouds with images on them? That Shroud image is nowhere in the NT as inspiration! Unless a real original model existed to copy...