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FFCC Review Activity
Name of Work
Artist
Style
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The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Renaissance
Image of the Work:
Form
 Oil and tempera- in horrible condition from materials
 Single point linear perspective (creates realistic
environment)
o Focal point, Orthagonals, Horizon line
 Neo-Platonism
 Humanism
 Atmospheric Perspective
 Unified scene- Jesus in the center with 6 figures on each side
in groups of 3, Jesus in a stable position
Function
 Important Christian scene- The Last Supper
 Decoration for the Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie
 While church officials are eating in the refectory, they are
eating with the figures in the painting who are also eating
 Shows power because it was commissioned by the Duke of
Milan
Content
 The Last Supper scene (final scene before Jesus’ arrest)specifically the moment when Jesus says a follower will
betray him
o Jesus says whoever eats bread with him betrayed himJudas is reaching for the bread (Judas betrayed Jesus)
 Jesus in the center of the table with left arm towards the
bread and right arm towards the wine (Creation of Eucharist
ritual)
 Judas is holding coins- shows he betrayed Jesus (got money
for turning him in)
 St. John the Evangelist- clean shaven and reclining at the
supper
 Peter is holding a blade to protect Jesus (Protector of Jesus,
Peter is said to have cut off an ear of a Roman solider to
protect Jesus)
 Thomas is pointing to heaven- asking if this is God’s will to
take Jesus to heaven (Foreshadow of resurrection scene)
 James reaching out in shock
 Philip is pointing inward
 Matthew, Thaddeus, and Simon gesture in confusion (
gestures lead our eye to look at Jesus)
 The three windows in the background show an alien terrain
o Light from windows give a glow/light around Jesus
Context
 Made for the Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie
 Took 4 years to paint- Da Vinci was a slow painter
 Made of seco fresco because Da Vinci was a slow painter
o Used oil and tempera together making the painting in
horrible condition soon after he finished
 Commissioned by the Duke of Milan because Da Vinci worked
for him
 Used linear perspective which was perfected in the
Renaissance
 Shows religious beliefs but with Neo-Platonist characteristics
 Da Vinci studied optics which helped him understand how
perspective functioned with the human eye