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 to what the Lord had just announced. It is rather
             obvious that Da Vinci chose the critical moment after the Lord had stated, "Verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me," because of the emotions that evolve in this specific scene. Da Vinci has taken much time to express every detail of each Apostle and the Lord. Da Vinci had even written in one of his notebooks "A good painter has two chief objects to paint man and the intention of his soul." To paint man is easier than painting the intentions in his soul, because he has to represent this by the attitude and movement of the limbs. For example, the Lord is very relaxed with his arms resting on the table, which adds to the portrayal of His greatness. He also emphasized the Lord's greatness by giving Him a serious attitude and by presenting Him as untouchable with the space between Himself and the Apostles. The distance put between them is called the spacial perspective, which is one of the techniques Da Vinci feels is important in naturalistic art. Although, the Apostles are painted in a more restless fashion, They are all facing different ways and seem to be jumping out of their seats. Even the grouping of the apostles in three was done intentionally. He used four groups of three Apostles in each group in order to symbolize the Hol
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