Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper Interpretation

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Art is a particular form of social consciousness and of human activities, an important way for people to perceive, discover and improve life: according to the laws of beauty. It is the creation of tangible or intangible products containing great values of thought-aesthetics, cultural character, and emotions. In this sense, there are numerous types of art. Painting is one of the oldest forms of art on earth. From prehistoric times, artists not only used it to communicate, but they also used painting to entertain the viewers. Painting can be transformed, eliminating the tedium, fatigue, and stress in daily tasks to bring the joy. Fun in life or silence for the soul. In other words, painting is a language that communicates an artist 's ideas

Leonardo's "Last Supper" is a priceless piece of art with much hidden meaning and obvious talents bestowed upon a wall. Under the study of Verrocchio as a painter and a sculptor, he was able to use his skills in creating a very detailed and a very naturalistic piece of work that would be remembered for hundreds of years. He was also able to create characters with amazing individuality. Not only was his portrayal of the characters magnificent, but the symbolism he used which emphasized the story being told in the "Last Supper".

The Last Supper has been and will be one of the most talked about works of Leonardo Da Vinci’s work of art. The work of art was started in 1495 and was completed in 1498; it contained the event depicted in the bible as the final days when Jesus announced that he would be betrayed by one of his twelve disciples.” Leonardo had chosen to depict the moment when Jesus says, “One of you will betray me”.1 The painting is located in the dining hall of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan Italy. The painting was commissioned by Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. The painting it self has a massive presence of 15 feet high by 29 feet wide. Even though most facts stated that the painted was not completed until three years after it was started. It was also

The Last Supper by Leonardo is very different to Tintoretto’s representation of the same incident. The last supper is one of the most important occurrences which took place in the Christian religion such an important event that many have seen the need for the event visually recorded through art the two most famous of these representations are by far Tintoretto’s and Leonardo’s works. The Last Supper by Leonardo was created during the renaissance period and is a simple symbolic work with little emotion. Tintoretto however chose to represent the event in a surrealistic manner to give full impact; A way in which was typical of the art period in which he painted the work, the

Salvador Dali’s painting, The Sacrament of the Last Supper (oil on canvas, 65 ¾ x 105 ½ in., c. 1995), has become one of his most iconic paintings from his “late” period. This painting portrays one of the most famous scenes from the Bible, the Last Supper, depicting the twelve disciples eating their final meal with Jesus. This scene has been created many times throughout history by many different artists. However, through Salvador Dali’s use of equal symmetry, the uncommon setting he chose and the interesting perspective and focal points, he was able to recreate a completely unique version of this common biblical scene while adding his twist of surrealism.

The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most famous works of art in the world. This painting represents the religious ceremony with Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples. This is the last meal that was shared between him and his disciples before his arrest and his untimely crucifixion. Leonardo was commissioned to execute the painting in the Dominican monastery of this Church by Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo da Vinci was an artist, scientist, architect, author, engineer, inventor, and humanist. He was born in 1452 near Vinci in Italy, and died in Amboise, near Tours France in 1519. The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa are his most famous works of art.

I have been greatly impacted by all of the artists, styles, and types of art we have talked about so far in Art History I. We have looked at sculptors, paintings, architecture, and prints with varying styles, from a numerous amount of artists. While I am intrigued by mostly all of what we have studied, The Last Supper paintings catch my eye the most. Many artists have successfully completed paintings of The Last Supper including, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, and Leonardo da Vinci; however, da Vinci was the first, original painter of The Last Supper. My favorite Last Supper painting definitely has to be the one by Tintoretto. Tintoretto’s Last Supper painting truly represents various key aspects of art; from the usage of colors and shadows, all the way to the numerous groups of people taking on various different tasks.

As we all know the Last Supper is the last dinner that Jesus shared with his Apostles before he was betrayed and crucified. Although this theme occurs in many works, The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci is the most famous and has been a subject of many discussions.

An early example of fantastic renaissance and one of the world’s most recognizable paintings, as considered to many all over the world, is Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper, which is an iconic and powerful work of art. Finished in 1494, it has stood the test the time and you can go see this painting currently in Milan, Italy at the Santa Maria delle Grazie. In order to paint it, Leonardo used an oil/tempera mix and applied it to a dry wall. “He did this because he wanted to capture the look of an oil painting, but even within his lifetime it began to wear off. Further destruction was caused in the seventeenth century, when a door was cut into the bottom,” according to Italianrenaissance.org. As it stands today, this masterpiece is currently 523 years old which is impressive due to the fact that it has been through so many tragic events, such as countless wars and occupations of different countries. Natural disasters could have also easily destroyed it as well like countless other paintings last throughout time.

This weeks reading has to do with a medieval interpretation of the last supper and the actual meaning behind. It seemed like for years the sculpture was being presented as Jesus and some of his apostles being peasants. Upon a first look at the image the untrained eye would agree with this assumption, but Jacqueline Jung explains why that description is wrong. She first looked into the reason as to why the sculpture was described as peasant representation of Jesus and discovered it had to do with the social situation in Germany at the time. After World War I it seems like the social rules no longer applied like before in Germany causing them to seemingly categorize this painting in such a way to maybe appease the lower class. Jung goes into

First of all, The painting of “The Last Supper “by Ugolino di Nerio, shows the twelve apostles sitting across from and besides Jesus Christ, the painting looks very crowded, as the ceiling and the walls are very close, with extreme proximity between Jesus and the apostles. The painting by Nerio is shown as if the scene was enacted in a closed room with no windows and no sunlight, Also, the heads on some of the apostles, look like it is twisted to the other side of their bodies, there is no gap to show a smooth head turn to the right or to the left. Nerio’s painting shows, eleven out of the twelve apostles exhibiting a golden circular plate or crown

From each ends of the table, the hallway appears to recede and the imagined lines meet behind the head of Christ where the vanishing point of the picture is. Leonardo Da Vinci skillfully applied the technique of linear perspective to give a sense of space of a hallway on a flat surface. Leonardo Da Vinci succeeds in drawing viewers into the picture by creating an illusion of depth. However, even while we are drawn into the scene, the long white table acts as a barrier between viewers and the otherworldly realm where Christ and his apostles are.

The book compares and contrast different artists’ the last supper. The story of the last supper is from the Bible, so different people have different opinions. Andre Chastel collects them together and analyzes them in details. The last supper is one of the artwork compare with the Virgin of the Rocks, so it helpful to have a better understanding of the last supper.

The Last Supper by leonardo da vinci, This is a significant piece of italian high renaissance artwork (This artwork is known as the first high renaissance aesthetics) and is still known as one of the best works of christian art. This scene by leonardo depicts the last days of jesus christ on earth. In the gospel of John 13:21 it states “Verily I say unto you: one of you will betray me”. Though this artwork may look like a strong biblical depiction on first take. It is a much more complex piece of artwork. To analyze this painting we will first take a look at the apostles themselves. Starting from the left and working to the right. There are four easily recognisable groups of three. The first group Bartholomew, James and Andrew, Their reactions to the news shocked. The group to the right of Andrew is Judas iscariot who is taken back at this, beside him is peter who is clenching a knife and looks blustery. The youngest of the apostles John is overcome by the news and faint. The third group is Thomas is simply upset, Followed by james who is very shocked almost as if he has been slapped. Philips is looking around and wanting an explanations as to why. For the final group Jude along with Mathew look towards simon asking for some type answers. This paintings is even unique just for the placement of one apostles in particular this being judas. In many past portrayals of this scene Judas is the only one not wearing a halo or instead is put alone of to the side by himself or is