Silvano Vinceti, art lover, he discovered letters and numbers never seen on the canvas of the Mona Lisa.
What do you mean exactly when he speaks of "Leonardo's will"?
"Testament in the literal meaning: the Mona Lisa by Leonardo is much more than a framework. He has accompanied for almost 20 years, he carried with him and we worked until his last days. It 's the final summation not only of its pictorial representation, but also the existential thought, philosophical, religious. So much so that there are symbols that I found "
Well, what she saw precisely in the most famous of the world?
"There are two letters, one in each eye, and the number 72 - very important - on the arch of the bridge in the background. It was impossible to see with the naked eye, unless there was someone who knew how to drive "
you mean?
"Our group of the National Committee for the promotion of historical, cultural and environmental aspects (of which he is president ndb). At first I was skeptical about how it was possible that no one had seen before this? But the question was misplaced: just because they were under the eyes of all, the researchers had focused on something else. And I I am convinced to go ahead. Then, one night, while I viewed the picture with a special lens, I ran in 72. It was very small "
What does this number?
"Eh, it's important. But first I must make a preliminary "
The face also
" For Leonardo painting was not only art and science as we know it today, along with the natural sciences needed to know the reality. And science was a broader concept than that of today: it was also natural magic, philosophy, metaphysics. There were also blurred the boundaries with the religious dimension ... We are talking about 500 years ago "
and 72?
"So: in the Old Testament and Jewish tradition are the letters in the name of God But 72 are also the prophets of the Old Testament or the last 72 disciples of Jesus in the Gospel. But be careful: 7:02 also refer to Revelation of John. In floods, natural disasters .. Leonardo, he may see his notes and sketches, was the first ecologist "
In what sense?
"His prophecies were. In a secular sense, of course. Talk of the forests that lose their leaves, the seas where the fish will die, the dead kill the living ... The warning is enough chiaro , no? Vado avanti”
Prego
“Il 7 e il 2 hanno anche i significati della tradizione cabalista cristiana esoterica ermetica. E anche la somma di 7 e 2 : 9. Rimanda alla setta degli Illuminati , di cui Leonardo faceva parte. E’ l’elemento esoterico ed ermetico: per la Chiesa gli Illuminati erano eretici. Leonardo doveva nascondere questa appartenenza. Sette poi sono i giorni della creazione, 7 le virtù cardinali e teologali , è la fusione del principio materiale e del principio spirituale. Mentre il 2 è dualismo , ma pure fusione e armonia dei principi maschile e femminile”
La studiosa Carla Giori invece ricollega il 72 al 1472 , quando il ponte Bobbio a Piacenza fu distrutto da un’esondazione..
“Macché , lasciamo stare: non c’è alcun riferimento storico documentario . Quello della Gioconda è il Ponte Buriano, ad Arezzo. Torniamo alla contrapposizione fra opposti. Dicevamo, maschile e femminile. E arriviamo alla vita effettiva e sensuale di Leonardo : viso sorriso naso e occhi della Gioconda sono ispirato dal Sali come testimonia la somiglianza con l’Angelo Incarnato ”
Chi era il Salai?
“Gian Giacomo Caprotti , un 16 enne che nel 1490 andò a lavorare con Leonardo e divenne suo allievo , discepolo e modello. Nell’occhio destro della Gioconda c’è la lettera “S” , l’iniziale di Salai”
Quindi la Gioconda sarebbe un androgino, un po’ donna e un po’ uomo?
“Secondo noi sì. Nel senso della ricomposizione degli opposti. Nell’occhio destro , infatti, c’è la lettera “L”. Che sta sia per Leonardo che per Lisa Gherardini. Per anni si è pensato che fosse solo lei la modella del dipinto. Non è così: sono state tante le ispirazioni di Leonardo . La Gioconda , che non è un semplice ritratto dunque , è come la Bibbia : va letta a più livelli. E’ Chiaro?
Light. Do you think it should be back in Italy?
"I now, after our research, I would ask the Louvre and the France that we give - in Rome or Florence - at least for a while. Leonardo is always Italian "
The Louvre has accused of being a charlatan ...
" The Louvre can not defend itself this way: that picture and has studied for years and have never seen what is obvious "