"The Last Supper" by Leonardo DaVinci

"The Last Supper" was a very powerful Biblical event and the first great figure of composition of the High Renissance. Leonardo DaVinci began to paint the most famous works. "The Last Supper" in a convent located just outside of Milian. Leonardo's, "The Last Supper" is a priceless piece of art with much hidden meaning and obvious talents bestowed upon a wall. The remembrance of "The Last Supper" could be due to the sacredness of the parting meal, the traditional Passover meal is what Jesus ate with the Apostles the night before his death. At this supper, according to the Gospels, Jesus blessed bread and broke it, telling the disciples, "Take, eat; this is my body." He then passed a cup of wine to them, saying, "This is my blood." Jesus' words refer to the Crucifixion he was about to suffer in order to atone for humankind's sins.

Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglican Ch...

tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic

3rd quarter of 16th century

He told the Apostles, "Do this in remembrance of me." The actions of Jesus at the Last Supper are the basis for the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion, in which the faithful partake of bread and wine. The figures representing the twelve Apostles and Christ himself were painted from living persons. The life-model for the painting of the figure of Jesus was chosen first. It is quite obvious that the skill used in the creation of the Last Supper was magnificent. Although, the way Leonardo allows the 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. In the painting, the Lord sits ever so quietly while the Apostles rise in...