Leonardo- The Man Behind the Shroud [2/6]

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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[Atheistx82]

Wow, Catholics will worship anything, a Foreskin allegedly from Jesus, "breath" in a bottle, it's obvious these people just believe whatever they want.

[SKrizal]

Those pedophiles in dresses are laughing all the way to the bank.

[GoodShepard007]

The image on the shroud has been positively identified as myrrh from 1st Century.

Myrrh is a liquid resin that comes from a tree. When it hardens it becomes glossy, light reflective and light sensative. 100lbs of myrrh and aloes were put on the body of Jesus and the shroud became a virtual 8 X 2 Cubit film plate. Aloes contain cellulose and when exposed to light form an invisible latent image in reverse color. The odds the cloth is not of Jesus of Nazareth is 1 in 282 billion.

[boogiebuddy01]

jesus' foreskin?

[jobfromdayone]

thank you for posting this video. it is very interesting. surely, a great deal of knowledge has been lost too time but fortunately science and scholarship press on in quest of new discoveries.

[CloverTail6982]

They learned how to recreate the shroud, almost exactly

[Leivinn20]

The using of a plate of glass with the figure drawn by mean of chiaroscuro technique as negative plate (like do it the photographers during revealing process of any photo) would explain why the image looks so flat, burned and blurred.  This technique is not so unusual if we consider that people used to place curtains in front of stained glass windows and there were a lot of sensitive substances to sunlight during Mid Age, even today our curtains are "printed" by sunlight gradually.

[Leivinn20]

The most interesting phenomenon is there is a lot of people whom believe on Turin Shroud, despite that science never has proved the Shroud is authentic. No doubts the human being is a passional being. If the social pressure on this issue doesn´t stop the controversy will never stop. Keep in mind science is a sort of faith, nobody can to prove the science will resolve all problems.

[Leivinn20]

@Spoolooni . God never get angry by truth

[Leivinn20]

Since antique age it was not difficult to note that different patterns were formed on curtains according to incidence angle of light coming from outside, may be from windows with stained glass, this phenomenon was well known on the Mid Age. Therefore, this hypothesis about Davinci behind Turin Shroud is excellently supported by history.

[Spoolooni]

God must be pissed off at these trolls.

[haligate79]

oh and just for people who are ingnorant when it comes to thirteenth century history Jacques de molay was the master templar of france who was tortured by the french king in private exactly like jesus had been because molay denied christ was the son of god.there is records of him showing his wounds to the french court in front of the pope and his bishops.duh people duh!!!!!