Andy etc. - "Yeah because he didn't also paint The Last Supper did he, oh wait."
Wasn't The Last Supper the subject of the Da Vinci Code?
The Quattrocenti was a period in which secular art was still in its beginnings, most art still being dedicated to the glory of God. The Church was the principal and wealthiest patron. Any known artist who did not accept commissions for religious paintings would starve and fade into obscurity. However, almost all of LdV's religious paintings (as well as those of several contemporaries) reveal subtle symbolism pointing to the "other" heretical religion of Catharism. Apparently, he used his Church commissions to criticise the Church and promote Catharism in a manner that was not (usually) recognised by his Church patrons.
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