"The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" is a priceless piece of art with much hidden meaning and obvious talents bestowed upon a wall. 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". It is located in the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria dell Grazie in Milan. He used oil, tempera, and varnish as his medium. Lodovico Sforza, duke and ruler of Milan, commissioned him to paint this.It is quite obvious that the skill used in the creation of the "Last Supper" was magnificent. Although, the way Leonardo allows its viewers to depict the scene from a specific point in the Bible adds to the importance and significance of the painting in which no other artist could even compare. He does allow the viewer to recognize this scene by the gestures of both the Lord and the Apostles. The Lord sits ever so quietly while the Apostles rise in reaction
Leonardo uses the description of the table to symbolize the state in which the Apostles and Jesus were in. The expressions in the faces allowed the viewers to see the emotions the characters were feeling. Leonardo had to created actions and various postures, which would be appropriate for each figure. He is also frozen in shock, and he is an outcast in the group. He is the only one to be found sitting in the shadows and in solitude. He took much time to express every detail of each Apostle and Jesus, especially that of Judas. For instance, Judas was put outside the circle of the innocent Apostles and only his shadowed profile can be found. It as seems that he was very cautious in every aspect of his painting from the placement of the figures to the movement they each possessed. It is as if Leonardo had been there, and he had taken a picture of the meal. The symbolism and the individualized personalities of the characters blended together to form a photograph-like painting. He seems to relay a message that his business has not yet been completed. I only wish that I could see it with my own eyes instead of a picture in a book or on the Internet to fully enjoy this magnificent work of art. He also put a painted border around the painting, which cut off most of the ceiling and the walls. Also, this is show in the way the light from the upper left defines the figures.
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