![]() ![]() Brown also delves deep into the paintings featured in the Grand Gallery, including the Mona Lisa, claiming that Da Vinci meant to symbolize an androgynous whole through his work, which is contested by various art historians. Brown also claims that the Louvre houses 65,300 pieces of art when in reality, it houses close to 35,000 to date. This is overwhelmingly false, as the Louvre states that the number of glass panes used is 673. However, Brown makes a series of claims about the world-renowned museum, especially the Louvre Pyramid, which, per him, was made of 666 panes of glass, at the behest of architect François Mitterrand. ![]() The Louvre Museum (an incredibly famous gallery that's used in a lot of movies, for example at the end of Red Notice) is a key narrative choice made by Brown, as the murder of museum curator Jacques Saunière takes place within this space, and Langdon’s quest for the Grail ends here as well. Moreover, there is no historical evidence that The Knights Templar discovered the Grail and were annihilated due to the knowledge of the same (although that hasn't stopped the Holy Grail being a MacGuffin in dozens of King Arthur movies). This poem presents the Grail as a mysterious, live-restoring cup, which is used as a reference point by Brown, who then alters the premise into claims about Jesus and Mary’s sacred bloodline. The first association between the Templar and the Holy Grail can be traced back to German writer Wolfram von Eschenbach, and his Arthurian epic poem, Parzival. Historically, The Knight’s Templar or The Order of Solomon's Temple was a Catholic military order founded in 1119, who were closely tied with the Crusades, as they were protectors of Christian pilgrims. Per Dan Brown, the legendary Holy Grail is not the literal chalice used in The Last Supper, but in fact, Mary Magdalene, a secret protected by The Knights Templar (the real life order of knights that have inspired many other franchises like Assassin's Creed). When trying to answer the question of is The Da Vinci Code true, it's best to start with what's accurate. ![]()
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