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The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo [il tʃeˈnaːkolo] or L'Ultima Cena [ˈlultima ˈtʃeːna]) is a mural painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1495–1498, housed in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.
The Last Supper was almost completely lost on August 16, 1943, at the height of World War II in Italy, [16] when a Royal Air Force bomb struck Santa Maria delle Grazie, destroying the roof of the refectory and demolishing other nearby spaces. [16] The Last Supper had been protected by sandbags, mattresses, and pillows, saving it from ...
Detail of the copy of the Da Vinci's Last Supper by Giacomo Raffaelli; Ordered by Napoleon to the Italian artist w:Giacomo Raffaelli, the mosaic was only terminated after Napoleon's abdication and end up in the Minoritenkirche (Vienna) Post-processing: Perspective correction; Date: November 2007: Source: Own work: Author: Alberto Fernandez ...
The Last Supper has been a popular subject in Christian art. [1] Such depictions date back to early Christianity and can be seen in the Catacombs of Rome. Byzantine artists frequently focused on the Apostles receiving Communion, rather than the reclining figures having a meal. By the Renaissance, the Last Supper was a favorite topic in Italian ...
The central portion is an image based on Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-century mural Last Supper. Edelson replaced the faces of Christ's disciples with cut-out photographs of American women artists. She surrounded the central image with additional photographs of American women artists. The work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. [1]
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Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” — which is actually in Milan, not the Louvre — depicts Jesus’ final meal with the apostles, the night before Christ’s crucifixion.
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