Meaning Of The Last Supper By Leonardo Da Vinci

Decent Essays
There are many famous artworks that hold historic significance and meaning in our society. One of the most interesting painting that intrigues me from the SmARThistory links from Khan Academy is The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci made from 1495-1498. The painting was made using oil paint, fresco, and tempura in Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. The artwork illustrates Jesus and his twelve apostles sitting at a table, where he tell reveals that one of them will betray him and his apostles’ reactions. I selected this painting because I am someone who is not very religious so I did not understand why this painting was and still is important to people. In addition, I did not know the story and meaning behind the painting, such as the apostles

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, inventor, sculptor, poet, architect, engineer, scientist, musician, and all-around intellectual. Leonardo embodies the term of a "Renaissance man." Growing up, Leonardo had a brilliant and inquiring mind that accepted no limits. Throughout Leonardo's life he remained absorbed by the problem of how things worked or how they might work. Leonardo made innovative studies in astronomy, botany, geology, optics, and especially mathematics.…

    • 231 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Analyzing Art Work by Different Artists from Different Periods Art is very important to people especially when it represents spirituality. It adds a strong connection between the artist and the viewers on something they both agree on. Art in the early Renaissance was mostly about spirituality, but as time passes by, artists paid less attention to spirituality, and they started adding other themes to art. I intend to show that The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, represents the scene of The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples. Da Vinci has depicted the horror in the 12 disciples’ faces when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him.…

    • 1362 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The main storyline is how Leonardo won’t finish the Last Supper and his servant Giacomo tries to help him finish/motivate him to finish the painting by Easter because the Pope is coming to town. Giacomo keeps asking Leonardo to teach him to paint, but he refuses every time. Giacomo found…

    • 1905 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The painting shows the last meal shared by Jesus with his disciples, before his capture and death. Leonardo chose to paint the moment when Jesus has said "one of you will betray me", so the painting have name The last supper. Leonardo tells the story of the surprise and upset that this caused to the twelve followers of Jesus. My favorite feeling in this painting, I think this painting has feel of the people in painting.…

    • 519 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The incredible details and use of the elements of art allow the viewer to see this miraculous event as if it were happening before their very eyes. This painting allows the viewer to take in the event slowly, and really appreciate it. It also includes a lot of symbolism. For example, Christ’s posture, and gesture emphasizes the love, and sincerity He had toward his fellowmen. The whiteness of his robe is an indication of his purity and nobility.…

    • 2051 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Roman Catholicism seems to be the influence of it. This painting was made in Italy, where religion always played a big part of people 's daily lives. The patrons from this work of art might have been religious people and people with money. During the 15th century, religion was still a main topic and practice in Italy and it was the central subject matter of every painting. This was until humanism took a bigger part of it.…

    • 1444 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Renaissance Art Dbq

    • 671 Words
    • 3 Pages

    They painted the crucifixion Jesus as something marked with stupidity and vanity. Through this style of art, inevitable and suffering was exemplified instead of the salvation that the Church taught (Sayre 546). Skepticism plagued not only the common people, but also the aristocrats. The pessimism did not contain itself to the paintings.…

    • 671 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    and I could easily see and form a summary of the painting. Finally, a third reason why I chose this painting was so I could learn even more about a topic I’m interested in than I currently already know about the Evangelist and Apostle St.…

    • 439 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Da Vinci’s decision to paint with tempera and oil on dried plaster instead of painting a fresco on fresh plaster caused the painting to swiftly deteriorate and flake. Even though, the improper restoration of The Last Supper caused more damage to the piece, it’s being alleviated using up to date conservation…

    • 920 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The painting that I chose from the gallery was The Penitent Magdalene, created by Flemish artist Abraham Janssens around the year 1620. I really liked this painting and was drawn towards it because the woman represented in it looks very sorrowful, upset, and perhaps even a little lonely, tear mark clearly visible by her eyes. Despite this, she looks like she is contemplating something important and troubling to her. Perhaps it could be an event in her life that has gone wrong? Her arm is resting on top of a skull, which adds a layer of mystery and intrigue to the situation.…

    • 413 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In 1573, Paolo Veronese, a Venetian artist, painted the Last Supper within the Church of San Giovanni e Paolo Venice. Venice was essentially the trading port for all of Europe at the time. There were pathways through the Mediterranean to other European countries as well as to Africa and the Middle East. Thus, Venice was the point where multiple cultures came together and interconnected, and this greatly influenced Veronese’s work. Veronese’s main focus in the work of art was the individuals.…

    • 532 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Renaissance brought out the inspiration for the humanist scholars to pursue new ideals of thinking through their time in the arts, philosophy of the human nature, and expansion of education throughout the cities. Pursuers of greater knowledge sought to establish an identity amongst the people of their, hopefully, securing them in the roots of history books and translations worldwide. Painters of the Renaissance like Leonardo Da Vinci, developed a visual aid on the outlook of human perspective and nature upon stories built in culture. With the rise in culture influencing the people, there’s no limit to what can be accomplished.…

    • 535 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The two artists present the paintings in a classical manner that enables the audiences to relate to them by evoking their religious feelings. The paintings are symbolic of the Biblical transformations that took place at the…

    • 1478 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    For many, there is a point of no return for being able to make into that golden place known as Heaven. The people try and try to make themselves in a way “good” again by doing anything anyone asks. Christ wants nothing less than to send people to Heaven but if one cannot abide by all of his rules then he will not send them to that place. In the painting, it is very easy to pick out Jesus Christ and Mary since the two are located in the middle of the painting as well as there is some sort of glow shining behind them.…

    • 902 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Despite our personal views, paintings, sculptures, places, and churches reflect worldview and civic identity. In the “Last Supper,” Leonardo shows monumental simplicity (Bondanella and Musa 48). His composition is masterful. He strikes the contrast of the disciples’ attitudes as counter posed to that of Christ. Instead of choosing the portrayal of Judas as customary in the iconographic tradition, he portrayed the moment of highest tension in the New Testament as in the bible, “One of you that eat with me will betray me."…

    • 860 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays