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  2. Conservation-restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper

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    [15] Author Henry James later wrote, "[The Last Supper is] the saddest work of art in the world." [15] 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 ...

  3. The Last Supper (Leonardo) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Last Supper - Wikipedia

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    The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. [2] The Last Supper is commemorated by Christians especially on Holy Thursday. [3] The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also known as "Holy Communion" or "The Lord's Supper". [4]

  5. Olympics organizers apologize after 'Last Supper' comparisons ...

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    Art historians pointed out that the scene is not a parody of “The Last Supper” but rather inspired by “The Feast of the Gods,” a 17th century painting of the Greek Olympian gods, by Jan ...

  6. List of works by Leonardo da Vinci - Wikipedia

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    The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists.Only around eight major works—The Adoration of the Magi, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sala delle Asse, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist ...

  7. The ridiculous moral panic over the Olympics’ opening ceremony

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    First, the classical image of the Last Supper comes from da Vinci’s painting. It doesn’t represent the reality of what the Last Supper looked like. It doesn’t represent the reality of what ...

  8. Italian Renaissance painting - Wikipedia

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    Many cite Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, started in 1495 and completed in 1498, as being the first work of the High Renaissance. [44] In his book, A History of Art: Painting, Sculpture and Architecture , Frederick Hartt states that 1520 to 1530 was a transition period between the High Renaissance and Mannerism.

  9. Paris Olympics organizers say they meant no disrespect with ...

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    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 ...