The Last Supper

The Last Supper is one of the most famous works in the history of art and it is recognized by almost anyone in today’s society. This idea of Jesus, the son of God, at his famous last supper has been painted by numerous famous artists. There have been so many different perceptions of this event that has been portrayed throughout our world’s history. The Last Supper was painted by both Leonardo Da Vinci and Andrea del Castagno. Andrea del Castagno painted his work in 1447 during the Early Renaissance period. Leonardo Da Vinci’s piece however, was painted in 1495 during the High Renaissance period. Although they both share the same subject matter, they both contain two very different perspectives. When looking at each painting we can see clear similarities. Both, del Castagno and da Vinci have Jesus Christ in the center of the painting making him the focal point of each painting. We see movement in each piece as well. We can see that Jesus is talking to his disciples and they are conversing with one another about what they are being told. In each piece we also can see naturalism in the figures. Each disciple and Jesus look like naturalistic humans; their proportions seem to fell right as well as bone structure and completion. Although these paintings have similarities we can tell that they are doing by different artist.

Other paintings of the Last Supper have been created, but Leonardo Da Vinci’s is the most famous of them all. The scene shows us figures in a rectangular room with coffers on the ceiling and tapestries on both sides of the room. The room terminates at three windows and through the window we can see into a beautiful landscape setting. The landscape in the background sort of terminates in a kind of misty, grayish horizon. This painterly device, in which the horizon’s colors become more dull and colorless, is often known as aerial perspective. Renaissance artists to create the illusion of depth in landscape scenes used this. As far as the