Depth and Details– A Reader’s Guide to Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code Introduction This book is a compilation of literary, artistic and historical references in Dan Brown’s brilliant thriller The Da Vinci Code. In much the same way as Dan built his novel on the brilliant, fascinating, and just plain odd stories that make up our history and culture, this compilation is built on the web pages, images and analysis that others have created to enhance your enjoyment of reading The Da Vinci Code. My contribution is simply to make all these scattered references available in one place as a Reader’s Guide. A special thanks to Leah Riley for the beautiful cover art, and Craig Lightfoot for his PDF wizardry. Many thanks to Annie Broadwater who tirelessly worked at obtaining permissions so this reader’s guide could become a reality. Thanks to John and Michelle Eble who inspired me to read this novel and start me on this journey. Finally, a big thank you to those of you who read the first version of this Reader’s Guide and sent me emails with suggestions and comments. I am so pleased you found something new and contributed in your own special way. This work is being offered to enhance your experience with Dan Brown’s exciting and thought provoking novel. The supporting documents within were all found by searching the internet. I have made every effort to acquire permission for promoting this web content. If you feel I have presented your work in any other manner than what it was intended, please contact me ([email protected]). My hope is that you will enjoy the works of all of the creators compiled within. 1 Table of Contents: Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................................6 Research Locations used in the novel: ................................................................................................................. 6 Prologue.................................................................................................................................................7 Layout & photos of the Grand Gallery – Louvre.................................................................................................... 7 Picture of Caravaggio painting in the Grande Gallery – Louvre ............................................................................ 8 Chapter 1:...............................................................................................................................................9 Link to Harvard University professor/department of Religious Symbology ........................................................... 9 symbols.com........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Defn: ideogram from dictionary.com................................................................................................................... 9 Defn: religious iconography............................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 2:.............................................................................................................................................11 Eglise de Saint-Sulpice in Paris .......................................................................................................................... 11 Cilice.................................................................................................................................................................. 11 The Way............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Chapter 3:.............................................................................................................................................11 Claude Monet and Tuileries ............................................................................................................................... 13 IM Pei and La Pyramide at the entrance of the Louvre ....................................................................................... 14 Chapter 4:.............................................................................................................................................16 666 panes of glass in La Pyramide?.................................................................................................................... 16 Information about the Denon Wing of the Louvre .............................................................................................. 16 Goddess Art: ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 Gold caducei...................................................................................................................................................... 28 Tject ankhs ........................................................................................................................................................ 28 Statue of Isis nurturing Horus............................................................................................................................ 28 Crux Gemmata from symbols.com..................................................................................................................... 29 Chapter 5:.............................................................................................................................................30 Opus Dei World Headquarters in NYC................................................................................................................ 30 Josemaria Escriva’s spiritual book “The Way” – 1934...................................................................................... 31 Opus Dei drugs new recruits with mescaline?.................................................................................................... 31 FBI spy Robert Hanssen’s involvement in Opus Dei ........................................................................................... 31 Chapter 6:.............................................................................................................................................32 The pentacle – what is it?................................................................................................................................... 32 The Goddess Venus and the Planet Venus .......................................................................................................... 33 Olympic Games ties to Venus (cycle of Venus) .................................................................................................. 34 Chapter 8:.............................................................................................................................................39 The Vitruvian Man – Leonardo Da Vinci ............................................................................................................ 39 Leonardo Da Vinci – the man ............................................................................................................................ 39 Chapter 11:...........................................................................................................................................44 Fibonacci Sequence – Leonardo Fibonacci........................................................................................................ 44 2 Chapter 20:...........................................................................................................................................46 Secret Societies and the Origins of Tarot ........................................................................................................... 46 Mathematics of the pentacle, divine proportion, phi and the Fibonacci sequence ............................................. 51 Fibonacci Numbers............................................................................................................................................ 54 Book on Mathmatical puzzles and Phi: .............................................................................................................. 57 Fibonacci Numbers and The Golden Section in Art, Architecture and Music...................................................... 57 The Golden section in architecture .................................................................................................................... 57 The Golden Section and Art ............................................................................................................................... 60 Leonardo's Art ................................................................................................................................................... 60 Vitruvian Man .................................................................................................................................................... 66 Architect Marcus Vitruvius – De Architectura .................................................................................................... 67 The Last Supper ................................................................................................................................................. 67 Kabbala.............................................................................................................................................................