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

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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• catholicism
• christianity
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• islam
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• qur'an
• quran
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[oppsan]

Leonardo is The Man!

[zulby09]

My stand on The Shroud Of Turin is simply this: If you are a sceptic, an agnostic, or even an atheist, you should be content with the way scientists have proven the less than divine qualities of the image. But if you have faith, would it kill you if you do not worship the cloth at all? If you worship Jesus or God, would it not be better to pray to him in your own personal way rather than put your stock in a piece of mere fabric?

[urielorellana7]

Leonardo da Vinci <3

[tjrxk7]

I would ask any one with the least bit of interest in this facinating topic get the book by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince "How Leonardo Fooled History;The Turin Shroud". A very well done piece of research by these two authors whose conclusion is obvious. People should not get excited because Israeli scientists recently found some "pollen from the Middle East" on the shroud. Not unexpected to have Israel and the Vatican holding hands on this 'political' issue.

[AtheismIsCorrect]

I am an atheist and the shrould of turin used to worry me but not anymore! There is no evidence at all that Leonardo could not have done this.

Like and favorite.

[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 and produces 3D pattern. This technique isn´t 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. Our curtains are "printed" by sunlight gradually.

[artistdigital]

Leo was ambidextrous. Could paint two images at a time or work with a single image, using both hands at a time. He is a legend artist. His works are still under research. He was an equally good musician, and a scientist. Super talented. When Leonardo is in, strong possibilities are in!

[RudeAwakning]

I think the shroud is clever forgery, I thought that before I viewed this series I still think it is! But even if it were real. I wouldn't go bow down to it. Worship the true living God. Don't worship idols, cloths, crosses, or mummies of dead saints. To do so, is an abomination to the true living God.

[DocMagister]

@6Man666666 Ok - let us for a moment imagine that Leo invented the camera and managed to photograph a corpse who had been suffered wounds exactly matching the Biblical accounts. Did he put the bloodstains on before or after taking the photograph? The blood was on the shroud before the image formed. How did he manage that? How did get three separate "photographs" onto the cloth to synch up so perfectly? All using a technology that wasn't used again for three hundred years?

[6Man666666]

@DocMagister and finally , having corpses at your disposal doesn't make you a murderer. You could say he probably desecrated a dead body tho and you would be right.

The case is strongest when he was working for the Savoy at the same time they were in possession of the original fake. Recognised as an object of embarrassment by the previous Pope and recalled from its place of exhibition for being a clearly painted fake.

The possibility of a man made shroud is a bigger possibility to me than magic.

[6Man666666]

@DocMagister second its not my theory but the theory of scientists that fitt the available evidence.

Third, yes, I agree with you about the face. It is beaten and it has the marks of punctures on the forehead. The intriguing part is that the bone structure matches Leonardo's. The rest of the body is of different proportion to the head. The head doesn't correspond to the body and the back doesn't correspond to the front in size, so looks like 3 diff photos. Head, torso, back.