The last supper is a mural by
Leonardo da vinci which was painted on a wall of the dining hall in the convent of Santa maria dell graze in Milan Italy. The idea was that the monks would be able to focus on the last meal of Jesus while they were eating. the mural is huge and covers an entire wall. In fact it is the largest picture that Leonardo had ever painted. The painting is laid out in such a way that it looks like Jesus and his apostles were sitting at the end of the dining hall. The disciples are all acting in horror to the thought that someone at that table would betray their master.
The painting is remarkable because the disciples are all portraying very human, easily identifiable emotions. One can see that every single element of the painting directs one's attention straight to the midpoint of the composition which is Jesus Christ's head.
In this work, Leonardo wanted to experiment with a new style he had invented called tempera. It is a method of painting with pigments dispersed in an emulsion miscible with water, typically egg yolk. The painting took him 4 years to complete. Unfortunately Leonardo's new experiment was a disaster. The paint almost immediately began to fall off the plaster. Art experts tried to recreate what they thought the painting must have looked like. There is a lot of debate about whether those experiments really did 'fix' the painting or if they changed its meaning by making changes in color and detail.
Leonardo da vinci which was painted on a wall of the dining hall in the convent of Santa maria dell graze in Milan Italy. The idea was that the monks would be able to focus on the last meal of Jesus while they were eating. the mural is huge and covers an entire wall. In fact it is the largest picture that Leonardo had ever painted. The painting is laid out in such a way that it looks like Jesus and his apostles were sitting at the end of the dining hall. The disciples are all acting in horror to the thought that someone at that table would betray their master.
The painting is remarkable because the disciples are all portraying very human, easily identifiable emotions. One can see that every single element of the painting directs one's attention straight to the midpoint of the composition which is Jesus Christ's head.
In this work, Leonardo wanted to experiment with a new style he had invented called tempera. It is a method of painting with pigments dispersed in an emulsion miscible with water, typically egg yolk. The painting took him 4 years to complete. Unfortunately Leonardo's new experiment was a disaster. The paint almost immediately began to fall off the plaster. Art experts tried to recreate what they thought the painting must have looked like. There is a lot of debate about whether those experiments really did 'fix' the painting or if they changed its meaning by making changes in color and detail.