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Paris Olympics organizers issued an apology on Sunday after a scene depicting the Greek god Dionysus drew criticism for allegedly mocking Leonardo da Vinci's painting “The Last Supper,” which ...
Not understanding the allusions to Greek mythology or the origins of the Olympic Games and their cultural context suggests that the book-burning, anti-history contingent of religious conservatives ...
A tableau from the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony has prompted controversy among the Christian community, who thought the scene resembled "The Last Supper." ... in Greek mythology, the god of wine ...
Reacting to the controversy over the weekend, the Olympics and Paralympics’ artistic director Thomas Jolly denied that “The Last Supper” even served as a reference in an interview with ...
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.
A statement from Paris 2024 said that it was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's fresco The Last Supper, which depicts Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, while Thomas Jolly and the Olympic Games' X account stated that this represented an interpretation of the Greek deity Dionysus. [14]
The “Last Supper” snafu has yet to die down. More than a week after the Paris Olympics opening ceremony that appeared to parody Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” painting, the ...
Conservatives say a scene from the opening ceremony is a dig at Christianity and "The Last Supper," but Olympics officials say it was a depiction of the Greek god Dionysus.