Last Supper

 Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1494–1498 C.E. Oil and tempera.

• MONKS WOULD DINE; TWELVE APOSTLES SIT AMONG CHRIST; REACTION TO CHRIST ACCUSING ONE OF THEM OF BETRAYAL; SYMBOLISM: CHRIST’S HAND REACHES TOWARD WINE AND BREAD; JUDAS ALSO REACHES, FORESHADOWING; CHRIST IS THE CALM CENTER; LEONARDO IS CLEARLY THINKING ABOUT GEOMETRY, MATH, SYMMETRY; LEONARDO SIMPLIFIES EVERYTHING AND FOCUSES ON THE FIGURES, THEIR GESTURES AND EXPRESSIONS
• OVERLAPPING DRAMA AND TENSION; OIL PAINT AND TEMPERA; DRY PLASTER; UNIFY THE EARTHLY AND DIVINE