Renaissance Painting Leonardos Last Supper
stylistic and symbolic development of the story of the Last Supper as it is told by Leonardo da Vinci in his masterpiece of the same name. The first thing to note about the composition of Leonardo's Last Supper is that there is a distinct separation between the space occupied by Christ and the Apostles and the viewer. They exist together, cramped, huddled, literally on top of one another on one side of a long table covered like an altar by white linen. (There is a religious significance to that linen as represented by the movement of Christ's hands in the portrait -- but this shall be… Continue Reading...
