i could have been reading about myself-i too love art history and leonardo da vinci. i must admit, reading the da vinci code opened this interest wider for me, and i now take a deeper interest and the beauty of art history. favourite paintings.....i love The Virgin Of The Rocks, the Louvre version as this is the original, so has the absolute meaning that da vinci intended. i like the grotto portrayal, and the intricate designs for the beautiful plants, based on his botanical studies. (may i also say that i love his handwriting that dominates the study the of proportion of the human body, the vitruvian man

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