The authors say Michelangelo embedded powerful and dangerous messages in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel; that he encoded these messages using his knowledge of ancient Jewish texts, and that he intended some images as insults to the Pope himself, the website reported.
According to the authors, Michelangelo embedded messages of brotherhood, tolerance, and freethinking to encourage 'fellow travellers' to challenge the repressive Roman Catholic Church of the time.
They contend that there are insults hidden in plain sight, right above the place where the Pope would sit, the report says, adding that the fresco of the Prophet Zachariah, directly above the Pope's seat, is actually a portrait of the Pope himself.
Image: A view of the magnificent Sistine Chapel.
Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images
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