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time, the expression of thought and feeling through art and literature, and the political and

subject’s action. Many works of his time period were sculptures that were meant to be

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is a powerful work that depicts the final gathering of Jesus Christ and all of his disciples before he faced crucifixion. The Last Supper is a powerful moment in history that shows what Jesus thought about his life on Earth and how he felt about his disciples. The image portrayed by da Vinci shows the many different emotions and meanings behind the painting, which makes it a great resource to study more fundamentals of art.

Art helped support the research that people did. It became more of a story, than a basic scene from The Bible. People started becoming familiar with the artists who created the paintings. The details in the faces displayed the appreciation the artist had for the people. When comparing the Mona Lisa to the portrait of Mother Mary on the document, it is obvious that there was much more appreciation for the individual beauty of Lisa Gherardini than the appreciation for the religious scene (Document A). Another idea that that is easily identified when looking at a painting from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, is the use of gold in the paintings from the Middle Ages. The use of gold keeps the paintings very similar to each other and basic. The techniques that were developed during the Renaissance were light and shadow which helped show emotion and detail in the paintings. Also the use of three dimensional features helped show motion to portray a story. The switch from Middle Age art to Renaissance art helped lead others to further the research being done in their own categories of

It is noticeable that most of his artworks are dealing with space and time. For example, his famous pieces are the train that

Not many painting still exist from the Roman time, so it is important to study what is left in order to see how their cultures worked. With these paintings, we can tell when the Roman culture moved from a pagan type religion to a mix of Christianity, or when different rulers took

Art flourishes in a civilization when people communicate complicated ideas and emotions used to create pieces. Art changes with society. In Egyptian times, they built pyramids that were like monuments and had their own artistic style that was represented by hieroglyphics and human figures made of stone. This was the Egyptians mark in time. In our modern-day society, we have buildings, paintings, and statues that all represent the present. Things like politics or natural disasters happening to us currently can help art flourish with expression towards these things. We have political cartoons being created to show the outrage within the political world. There are pieces that make history and remind us of something devastating like a hurricane or earthquake that destroyed cities and took lives. I think art flourishes in both devastating and uplifting times.

This photo by Diane Arbus, in my opinion represents the notion of time from John Szarkowski's notions. In this photo we can clearly see a young child crying, this image is upsetting to me mainly because it captures the child at its weakest state. It’s almost as if you can hear the child screaming out for help and having trouble speaking. The reason I chose time was because of Diane Arbus’s perfect moment capture. In one of John Szarkowski’s photos known as Children playing in ruins, we see sad and upset kids playing in a destroyed building. You can see the emotion they give off and the pain they must feel. Just like in this photo we see the emotion exploding off of the picture. It appears the child is outside on a windy day, and has tears

Art has changed and developed throughout time. I will be writing about two specific time periods that I think were an important part of the revolution of art. The two time periods that I will write about is the Medieval Times and the Renaissance. Art has changed in four main topics. These four topics are subject, color, perspective and realism. The subject changed in Renaissance art from the subject in the Medieval Times. Almost all of the paintings in the Medieval Times were based on religious events and topics. The topic changed from religious events to more secular events during the Renaissance. This is because people became more interested in humanistic topics and the world around us. You can see that the Medieval painting is about Jesus’ crucifixion and the Renaissance

An age of painting through several sculptures, painters and architects created major works in their respective fields. Great men like Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Picasso, and De Vinci pioneered the way for many artists. Their classical values of idealism, balance, and restraint were translated by painters into harmonious colors, naturally posed figures with serene faces, realistic space and perspectives, and perfectly proportioned human bodies. Tendencies became more and more evident, reflected in abnormal subjects, contorted figures with emotionally and expressive faces and garnish colors.

From 1495 to 1498, Leonardo Da Vinci Painted a mural of The Last Supper in the dining hall of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan Italy. Painted with tempera and oil on plaster the mural is fifteen by twentyeight foot depiction of the biblical scene of Jesus’ last supper. Almost a hundred years later from 1592-1594, the artist Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) created a twelve by eighteen foot oil on canvas painting of “The Last Supper” for the church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. Although both pieces of art portray the same biblical scene, the different uses of light effect major components such as the composition, space and focus: creating diametrically opposed pieces of art. Da Vinci uses light in a natural way to illuminate the room that Jesus and his apostles are sitting evoking calmness, elegance and realism.

Comparatively, Andrea del Castagno’s Last Supper is early Renaissance completed far in advance of Da Vinci’s rendition. As one of four works commissioned by the Medici family, this mural rests inside the refectory of a former convent Cenacolo de Sant’Apollonia (Kren & Marx, n.d.; Editors Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013). The stone wall assists in dividing the expressions of the disciples in two’s following the news of betrayal (Adams, p.126; Editors Encyclopedia Britannica, 2012). Castagno’s mural is complete with his own view of linear perspective, utilizing the architectural details for movement (Editors Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013; Kren & Marx, n.d). The viewer can see Masaccio’s influence of “pictorial illusion” in the composition in addition to the bright disk like halos seen in his other works (Editors Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013; Kren & Marx, n.d.). Each of the figures in this composition takes up its own space, with the exception of Christ who much like Da Vinci, uses him as the anchor completing the perspective. The space on either of Christ side makes for a dramatic effect, while the lines, tiles and artistic detail frame the scene. Each individual in the mural occupies its own space, unlike that of Da Vinci who incorporated the overlap of the figures gestures for dramatic effect and movement (Last Supper, 2017). The overall composition is balanced, Castagno’s placement of each individual on the opposite side of the table across from Christ completes the geometric triangle seen in early Renaissance works (Editors Encyclopedia Britannica,

"The Last Supper," by Leonardo Da Vinci is a fresco, signifying that it is directly painted on a wall. The "Last Supper" is fascinating in several ways. In its massive simplicity, the arrangement of the setting is masterful; the strength

I thought this religious art was interesting, because it does not show Christ face it only shows the back so that is why, I think the painting is focusing more so on the boat, the apostles in the boat and the water rather than Christ is face. Another comment about this religious painting is seeing the fear on the faces of the apostles. When doing research on this religious art the meaning of the of the art is that Christ is saving and protecting his apostles from danger in the Sea of Galilee. I thought this piece of art was interesting, because I thought it showed important relationship between Jesus and his apostles. Also, this painting shows that the apostles were in fear and when they saw Christ standing on the Sea of Galilee they thought he was a ghost. The main point of this religious artwork was that the apostles were so terrified when they saw Jesus because, they did not recognize him. They had faith that Christ would come, but the fear overcame them and they could not recognize Christ. In this painting fear blinds the faith the apostles had in Jesus

A well-known painting by Leonardo da Vinci would be a mural painting known as the Last Supper. This mural was created during 1495 to 1498 in Milan by Leonardo da Vinci. It was requested by Ludovico Sforza, who during that time, was the Duke of Milan. The Last Supper has been an influential historic piece of art, according to Sundt, “the most famous portrayal is Leonardo da Vinci’s 15 ft. × 29ft mural-The Last Supper, one of the most recognizable pieces of art in history” (Sundt 1). During the creation of this master piece, a lot of thought and focus went towards the final work, including the symmetry. Goethe states that the layout and construction is a, “monastic dining hall-the artist has infused, powerful emotion, passionate movement and