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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.
Albrecht Dürer's woodcut The Last Supper (1523) exemplifies the frontal composition that is customary for this subject. Tintoretto depicted the Last Supper several times during his artistic career. His earlier paintings for the Chiesa di San Marcuola (1547) and for the Chiesa di San Felice (1559) depict the scene from a frontal perspective ...
Shipley Art Gallery version Tintoretto's Last Supper on the left side of the altar at San Marcuola in Venice. The intended place for Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet was on the right side where now is Carlo Ridolfi's copy. The painting was created in 1548/1549 for a church in Venice. [1]
In the year of 1573, roughly three months after Veronese had finished this piece, the Venetian Holy Inquisition summoned the artist on the account of his painting to answer questions about elements deemed inappropriate for a depiction of the Last Supper. [2] The Holy Tribunal of Venice was made up of six members. [4] The leader of the Tribunal ...
The Cappella del Santissimo Sacramento has a Last Supper by the elder Tintoretto companied by a copy of Christ washing the feet of the disciples by the same painter. The original is now housed in the National Gallery in London. [1] The Last Supper is shown on the Expo 2015, in the pavilion of the Vatican City. [2]
Paris Olympics organizers apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” during the glamorous opening ceremony, but defended the concept ...
The world premiere of the acclaimed Romeo.Juliet was held at the 1990 Venice Film Festival. [14] The film is an interpretation of Shakespeare 's classic love story features Serge Prokofiev 's "Romeo and Juliet Ballet" performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by André Previn .
The organizers found themselves in hot water over a tableau that seemed to evoke Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” — with a decidedly modern twist. The scene, set against the backdrop ...