The Last Supper encapsulated

The Last Supper by da Vinci: EXPLAINED :

Art cognoscenti over the world debate over the theory about the presence of Mary Magdalene besides Jesus in the painting the Last Supper rather than john the Apostle?

According to art historians:

The figure to the left of Christ is said to be john the apostle, who is wearing blue and red robe. John is identified as the disciple whom Jesus loved and adored. John the apostle was generally depicted in the renaissance period as an effeminate, beardless youth with a very long hair.

The femininity of the young disciple john the apostle can be linked to the painting style of Da Vinci agglomerated from the Florentine school. The Florentine school had a long tradition of depicting young males as pretty rather effeminate persons.

According to many art historians there is no chalice in the painting. They put forward the Vinci’s traditional iconography for contemporary realism.

But certain art historians offer a highly optimistic yet interesting view. They claim that Leonardo da Vinci did paint a conventional chalice. It is not placed on the table rather it is placed on a shelf above the head of the leftmost Apostle. But again it’s debated as the decorative paneling on a door.

But the majority of the art historians elude over the idea that the biblical scene Leonardo intends to depict was John 13:21, where Jesus announces that one of his dispels would betray him. The figure of john can be seen leaning over peter.

Leonardo might have thought that the inclusion of the conventional chalice was not necessary since in the Gospel of John, Jesus does not create the Eucharist (bread and wine is His body and Blood).

According to Dan Brown:

Dan brown in his book claims that the person beside Jesus is Mary Magdalene indeed. He continues with claiming, that, there is no chalice or cup or the Holy Grail. The importance of the chalice according to the author is paramount, since the scene is the last supper, where Jesus will disclose the name of the person who will betray him and institution of Eucharist.

Brown's novel, the "Da Vinci code" refers to cryptic messages supposedly incorporated by Vinci into his artwork. According to the novel, Leonardo was a member of an ancient secret society called the "Priory of Sion”.

Brown says that in the painting of the last supper Da Vinci is telling us that the figure that is always identified as John the Apostle is really Mary Magdalene. And that these two figures together form an "M," and De facto, he put forwards a theory concerning the Holy Grail or the chalice or a cup, linked with the marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. And so the sacred feminine is related to Mary Magdalene.

He puts forward another probable theory that the space between the Jesus and Mary(according to the author) there is a sign of V. The sign V between any couple relates to marriage. The sign V is identified with woman or the womb and Inverted-v represent the male or the strength.

Again if we change the place of the claimed-Mary Magdalene to the right side of Jesus the painting fits again. It is seen that Mary Magdalene is leaning on the shoulders of Jesus.

Few historians believe that Mary Magdalene was a royal descendent from the house of Benjamin. The old French expression for the Holy Grail, San gréal, actually is a play on Sang réal, which literally means "royal blood" in Old French.

The controversy:

According to Dan brown, the Holy Grail is not a chalice or a cup rather it is the bloodline.

The bloodline he asserts was created when the marital union of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene took place. In simple vanilla Mary Magdalene was married to Jesus Christ.

Jesus designated Mary Magdalene as His successor, that His message was about the celebration of the "sacred feminine," that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had children and that the Holy Grail of legend and lore is really Mary Magdalene, the "sacred feminine," the vessel who carried Jesus' children.

Now this is really a very controversial statement .The church’s rep is at stake now. All over the years the church propagated the opposite of it. In the bible Mary Magdalene has been depicted as the prostitute or a woman under demonic possessions.

The gravity of the statement has the potential to shake the very foundations of the church.

Apart from the controversy regarding the marital status of Jesus Christ, the book also exposes itself to many historical inaccuracies that are dominant according to many historians. Dominant in the way that the author uses the so-called-inaccurate historical facts as the base and support for the theme of the novel.

The Da Vinci Code - Ab Initio

It was the year 2006 when the clouds regarding the release of the blockbuster movie the da Vinci code darkened. The world Witnessed a plethora of massive protests from the Catholics all over the world.. And in the end there was a storm. Storm so Powerful that it threatened to shake the very foundation of the Church and amidst the increasing number of young atheist the Controversy acted as a catalyst. Why not a controversy? After All the Jesus’ divinity and sanctity was in question.... Faith in The divinity and the sanctimonia was questioned.... not The question Explored around "the omnipresent and omnipotent God"....

The movie was based on the best selling novel the Da Vinci code by Dan brown. In this novel the author claims the existence of the legend of the Holy Grail. Holy Grail as we all know depicts a cup or chalice. Which Leonardo da Vinci is most presumably had drawn in the famous painting of the last supper. And also what is stated In Brown's novel, the "Da Vinci code" refers to cryptic messages supposedly incorporated by Leonardo Da Vinci into his artwork.

The main emphasis is laid upon :

· Leonardo da Vinci (as the name of the movie already explains) and his paintings the last supper specially.

· Priory of Sion

· Opus Dei

· Sangraal or rather Sangreal(the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail)

The book and the movie also give a very illustrative insight to the Knights’ Templar and their association, the Crusades and the baptism of the Constantine...