Numerous books react to the religious implications of Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code. No book for the general public is concerned with Leonardo’s true cultural and historical context in light of what is claimed in the novel—until The Leonardo Code.
Margaret Finch, lecturer and writer on art history, refers to statements advanced in The Da Vinci Code, and tests their veracity according to established conventions in the fifteenth century and in comparison to other works of art by Leonardo and his contemporaries. The reader will agree with her that Leonardo’s “drawings, notebooks, and unfulfilled projects for pictures are the true ‘Leonardo Code.’”
Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code as a mystery, but art historian Margaret Finch has solved the mystery better than any character of Brown’s. Finch addresses some of the most intriguing questions Brown raised, and does so in a style as grippingly readable as the novelist’s.
