Artist: Leonardo
Da Vinci
Completion Date:
1498
Place of Creation:
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Style:
Impressionism
Genre: Painting
Technique: tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic
Material: Fresco
Dimensions: 460 cm
× 880 cm
Gallery: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima
Cena) is a late 15th century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan. The work is presumed to have
been commenced around 1495 and was commissioned as part of a scheme of
renovations to the church and its convent buildings by Leonardo's patron Ludovico Sforza,Duke of Milan. The
painting represents the scene of The
Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, as it is told in
the Gospel of John, 13:21.
Leonardo has depicted the consternation that occurred among the Twelve Disciples when Jesus announced that one of them
would betray him.
In my opinion, this is a great
painting, this is The amazingly skillful and
unobtrusive repetition of threes – in the windows, in the grouping of
the figures, and in their placement – does indeed add a mystical aspect to what
at first seems simply the perfect observation of spontaneous human gesture.
Colour:
The colour of Jesus’ shirt were using red and blue to
show contrast and blur represent loyalty to his member which red represent
passion to his member beside, red also represent
action, energy and speed, attention-getting, assertive and confident,
energizing, stimulating, exciting, powerful, passionate, stimulating and
driven, courageous and strong, spontaneous and determined. In the other
hand, blue also represent loyalty, trust and
integrity, tactful, reliability and responsibility, conservatism and
perseverance, caring and concern, idealistic and orderly, authority, devotion
and contemplation, peaceful and calm.
Background: the
background was showing the depth of field which showing the endless view of the
painting.