I The Story of the Last Supper

When Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover for the last time, the chief priests of the Jews plotted to arrest him during the night, but suffered no one to lead the way. While this was going on, Judas, a disciple of Jesus, confided in the chief Jewish priests, "I will give him to you for as much as you are willing to pay me."

So the chief Jewish priests gave Judas 30 dollars. So Judas made an appointment with the chief priests: the one he kissed was Jesus. On the day of the Passover, Jesus sat down with the 12 disciples **** into the Last Supper.

He said somberly to the 12 disciples, "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me!" The 12 disciples are shocked, angry, agitated, or nervous when they hear this.

(1) Extended reading of the story of the Last Supper:

The Last Supper is a fresco by the Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci, painted over a period of three years for the dining room of a monastery in 1495-1497. The painting focuses on the different psychological reactions of Jesus' disciples when they hear the Lord say, "One of you will betray me.

Let's start with the group of three on Christ's left: Philip jumps up with impatience and turns to Christ with inscrutable doubt, trying to figure out what is going on, and he puts his hand over his chest in order to confess his sincere purity.

Old James, extremely indignant, spread out his hands, and leaned back a little from the loss of his center of gravity, as if to express, This is incredible. Behind them stood Thomas, who pressed his nature as far as he could, and held his forefinger upward toward Christ.

One of the group of three on Christ's right was Judas, who twisted himself hastily and vainly, trying to move away from the husband in terror, and clutching in panic the bag of money he had received in exchange for his denunciation, and squinting warily and fearfully at Christ.

John, with his head hanging softly on one side and his hands folded, and his mind anxious, not knowing what to do, was listening to Peter's fine words. Peter stood up in a great rage, bent forward and inclined to John, and put his left hand on his shoulder, close to his ear.

Of the three men in the group on the far right, close to Peter, is Bartholomew buy, who, with open hands, looks shocked and composed, as if to tell everyone not to be alarmed, and who himself gazes gravely and calmly at Christ, wanting to save the Husbandman.

Holding Bardolobuy in his arms is little Jacob, who looks nervously at Christ powerless. Standing at the very top is strong Andrew, who probes forward and quite rushes forward.

In the group on the far left, Matthew has his hands outstretched toward Christ, but his face is turned to the left toward Datta, as if to ask the experienced old man to whom he meant what the Master had just said. Mrs. Tat spread her hands, indicating that she, too, was wondering. Simon was also pondering hard, but to no avail.

The composition of this painting is not complex, basically in a straight line interspersed with changes, but simple in the rich. The artist put thirteen figures together organically, both differentiated and closely linked, not only highlighting the main image of Christ, but also clearly delineate the appearance and character traits of each person.

The artist arranged Jesus in the center of the picture, but also the visual center of the position, with the background of the door of the translucent light, more clearly set off the image of Jesus, the dining table, walls, doors, windows and ceilings of the treatment of parallel perspective, are concentrated in the image of Christ disappeared, which naturally attracts the audience's attention to Christ first.

And there is a conscious effort to separate the disciples on either side from Jesus, who at first sight seems isolated, but in fact the inner moods and feelings and the whole event tie them together.

The twelve disciples, in groups of three, are evenly distributed on both sides, with their own movements and expressions to relate to and echo Christ. The whole environment and props are handled in a relatively simple manner, in order to highlight the agitated characters, and then through the movements and expressions of these characters to lead the whole picture to the center of the picture to Christ.

The artist was extremely careful in the creation of this painting, and sometimes stood in front of the painting, pondering and wandering for half a day, unable to put down the brush. The abbot of the monastery was so annoyed that he accused him of deliberate neglect and delay.

The painter, who was worried about finding a model for the head of Judas, thought that the head of this obnoxious, rude and ignorant abbot was just right, and used it as the image of Judas.

The Judas we see in the painting is grim and ugly, and particularly rude, contrasting sharply with John and Peter.

The Last Supper Da. Vinci Oil on canvas 1495-1498 420X910 cm, now in the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.

Da. Da Vinci's most famous work of his life. Among the many paintings of the same subject, this painting is recognized as an unprecedented work, especially for its ingenuity of conception, excellence of layout, realism of details and strict decency.

In the composition, he showed the picture on the whole wall at one end of the dining room, and the perspective composition of the hall is linked to the architectural structure of the dining room, which gives the viewer a sense of being there.

The characters in the picture, with their frightened, angry, skeptical, and dissecting demeanor, as well as their gestures, glances, and behaviors, are all finely delineated.

These typical characterizations are closely aligned with the subject matter of the painting, and complemented by the variety and unity of the composition, making this painting indisputably one of the most perfect examples in the world's treasure trove of fine art.

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II Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper There's a very interesting story about the Last Supper.

The Last Supper fresco, taken from the Bible's Matthew 26, depicts Jesus on the eve of his arrest by the Roman soldiers and the Twelve disciples*** at the Last Supper prophesying that "one of you will betray me," and the disciples, looking perplexed, grieving, and agitated, ask Jesus: "Lord, is it I?" Only Judas, the traitor, seated to the right of Jesus (third from the left in the center of the picture), leans back in alarm and grasps in one hand the reward for his betrayal, a money bag containing thirty pieces of silver, his face appearing grim.

According to the Bible's entire New Testament: Matthew 26:20-29;

Mark 14:17-25;

Luke 22:14-23; and John 13:18-30 record the Last Supper as follows:

"And the Lord Jesus, on the night that he was betrayed, took bread, and the Lord gave thanks. And he broke it, saying, 'This is my body, which is given up for you; do this in remembrance of me.' After the meal, in the same way, he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this in remembrance of me whenever you drink it.' The last time Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover, the chief priests of the Jews plotted to arrest him at night, but there was no one to lead the way. While this was going on, Judas, one of Jesus' disciples, confided in the chief priests, saying, "How much will you give me if I deliver him to you?" So the chief Jewish priests gave Judas 30 dollars. So Judas made an appointment with the chief priests: the one he kissed was Jesus. On the day of the Passover, Jesus was sitting with the 12 disciples*** at the Last Supper, and he said to the 12 disciples in a somber voice, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me!" The 12 disciples are shocked, angry, excited, or nervous when they hear this. The Last Supper shows the tension of this moment.

IV The historical story and background of The Last Supper.

Historical story: It tells the story of Jesus on the eve of Passover, sitting at the table with his twelve disciples. We all know that this is the last supper of Jesus, and just as the title of the painting says, during the meal, everyone is talking to each other, but at this time, Jesus suddenly felt very sad.

He told his disciples that he would be betrayed by one of them, but Jesus did not say that the man was Judas, and they too looked very sad, and each said to Jesus, "Lord! It isn't me, is it?" Jesus finally replied, "The one who puts his hand with me on the dish is the one who betrayed me."

Background:In the 1590s, when the novelist Matteo Bandello was just a boy, Bandello would often pass the time watching Leonardo da Vinci work on the north wall of the monastery, where da Vinci Da Vinci was painting one of the great masterpieces of the Sforza period, The Last Supper.

(4) Extended reading of the story of the Last Supper

The original idea for da Vinci's The Last Supper began with the work of Castagno. In Da Vinci's sketches, the composition of a zigzag row, Judas sits alone on the other side of a long table, and Jesus is handing the pasty bread in front of Judas, with the attention of the crowd turned to Judas. Da Vinci raised the horizon in his sketch in order to create the overwhelming power of the crowd over Judas. Da Vinci also studied Castagno in his sketch by having the disciple John crouch on the table.

Whereas the previous traditional drawing had John cast into the arms of Jesus, based on the original biblical description. Almost every person in the sketch has been copied from life, and the figures are all dramatically moody, with a large range of movement but little interconnectedness. Da Vinci inherited Kahl's melodramatic approach to religious subjects - telling a vivid, true story in a painting.

This tendency to secularize religious subjects developed even further in the 15th century. At that time, many painters preferred to present Biblical stories in the realities of the here and now, and often took pride in painting themselves and their friends in them.

Da Vinci's The Last Supper marks not only the height of Da Vinci's artistic achievement, but also the maturity and greatness of Renaissance artistry.

This work achieves the correctness of the sketch performance and the accuracy of observation of things, so that people can truly feel the corner of the face of the real world, in the compositional treatment has also made great achievements, the combination of characters constitute a beautiful pattern, the picture has a kind of easy and natural balance and harmony.

V Leonardo da Vinci's work The Last Supper There is a very interesting story what

The Last Supper frescoes from the Bible, Matthew 26, depicting Jesus on the eve of arrest by the Roman soldiers back to the twelve disciples **** into the answer to the last meal, predicted that "one of you will betray me! "After the last meal with the Twelve on the eve of His arrest by the Roman soldiers***, the disciples looked confused, sad and agitated, and asked Jesus, "Lord, is it I?" At this point, only Judas, the traitor, seated to the right of Jesus (i.e., third from the left in the center of the picture), leans his body back in alarm, grasping in one hand the reward for his betrayal, a money bag containing thirty silver coins, and his face appears to be grim.

According to the Bible's entire New Testament: Matthew 26:20-29;

Mark 14:17-25;

Luke 22:14-23; and John 13:18-30 record the Last Supper as follows:

"And the Lord Jesus, on the night that he was betrayed, took bread, and the Lord gave thanks. And he broke it, saying, 'This is my body, which is given up for you; do this in remembrance of me.' After the meal, in the same way, he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this in remembrance of me whenever you drink it.' And whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you do it as a sign of the Lord's death until he comes

VI What is the background to the story of Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting The Last Supper

The Last Supper is one of the most important events recorded in the Christian New Testament, and has been depicted by virtually every religious painter. But before Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper for the refectory of the Monastery of Grecci in Milan, all the painters had one ****ing characteristic of the artistic treatment of the picture: that is, Judas was separated from the disciples and painted on the opposite side of the table, in the position of isolation and judgment. This is because the painters can not express the complexity of the human heart, from the image of the difficult to distinguish between good and evil. Because Leonardo da Vinci made in-depth observation and study of the human image and psychology, from the character's movements, gestures, expressions, insight into the character's subtle psychological activities and performance.

The momentary episode chosen by the artist is when Jesus learns that he has been betrayed by his disciple Judas, and sends his disciple Peter to inform him that he is gathering with the disciples on the night of the Passover, not to eat, but to expose the traitor in public. When Jesus took his seat he said extemporaneously, "One of you has betrayed me." This statement caused an uproar among the disciples, each of whom responded to the statement in a way that fit his own personality: some confessed their loyalty to the Teacher; some were confused and demanded to find out who it was; some inquired of the elders, and the whole scene became a state of unrest. In the past, painters could not express the complexity of the scene and the disciples of different inner spiritual activities, only da Vinci from the real life of a variety of different personalities in the observation of the characters, to obtain a different image of the personality, and so in the painting of the characters portrayed in different ways, the viewer can be from their own life experience, to the painting of the people to make a different psychological analysis.

The psychology and mood of the disciples depicted by the painter can find similar models in real life, but the image of the mutineers is very difficult to paint. Leonardo da Vinci had stopped painting for a few days to create the image of Judas, and he often stood in front of the painting in deep thought. At that time, Da Vinci was paid on time for his paintings, and the dean was very annoyed by the absence of the brush for the last few days, and intended to deduct Finch's salary. The dean told Da Vinci what he thought through the chief steward, and Da Vinci told him the reason why he had stopped painting. The Steward understands, but the deduction is not his intention, but the Dean's will. At this time da Vinci turned his head to look at the dean, and immediately said that the image of Judas can be quickly completed, if you really can not find a model for Judas, the dean's head painted as Judas, the general manager smiled knowingly. Later, the Archduke of Milan came to see Finch's completed painting, and when he saw that it was the abbot who was sitting in Judas's place, he laughed and said: I have also received accusations from the friars that he has deducted their salaries, and that he is one and the same as Judas, so let him sit here forever. The Archduke said to Finch, "He has done you injustice, and you have skillfully revenged yourself on him." Da Vinci's reason for using the Dean as a model was not entirely out of personal vengeance, but rather the realization that both the Dean and Judas were greedy for money, and that they were identical in nature. So Judas comes into Da Vinci's work as the archetype of money-grubbing, treachery, and evil.

This magnificent picture on the wall of the refectory of the monastery of Grecian, strict, balanced, but rich in change, both from the perfection of the conception, the tight plot, the typical shaping of the characters, and the purity of the expression is worthy of the painter's art. It is also one of the best paintings of mankind, due to its introduction and make da Vinci famous in the world.

The story of the Last Supper

The Last Supper is one of the major events in the Bible's record of the earthly life of Jesus Christ. The Last Supper describes the last meal that Jesus Christ ate with his disciples before his arrest and crucifixion on a Roman cross two thousand years ago. The Last Supper contains many important theories and is an important part of the lives of Christians around the world.

The Last Supper took place on the evening of preparation for the Jewish Passover, a sacred moment for the Jewish people in honor of God's deliverance of the Jews from the death-dealing plague that struck down the firstborn in Egypt. Jesus purposefully organized the Supper by instructing his disciples to make a feast there. The twelve disciples were with Jesus during and after the supper. It was here that Jesus predicted that Peter would deny the Lord three times before the rooster crowed, which was later fulfilled. Jesus also predicted that the disciple Judas would betray him, which was also fulfilled. The Last Supper was Christ's last meeting with his disciples before his arrest and crucifixion.

The story behind Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper

The Last Supper is a painting within a painting

An Italian computer data expert named Slavisa Pesci recently claimed to have discovered images of hidden figures in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper that were not yet known. The discovery caused an immediate sensation at home and abroad, thrilling many enthusiasts who are passionate about Da Vinci and his Last Supper.

Slavisa, 36, was born in the northern Italian city of Mantua. One day he was flipping through a magazine when he came across a picture of The Last Supper. Slavisa noticed a strange pattern in the center of the picture that looked vaguely like a shadow. So he cut out the picture, folded it in half, and tried to look at it from a backlit angle, and saw some matching lines, but the advertisement on the back of the paper interfered with his vision. Slavisa had the idea of scanning and enlarging the picture and printing two copies, one on normal paper and the other on transparent paper, and then reversed the picture on the transparent paper and covered it with the first one. An unexpected thing happened: two figures other than Jesus and the twelve disciples appeared in the picture!

In Milan, Slavisa presented to the press his new discovery in The Last Supper: the figure on the right side of the picture is probably a Knight Templar, while in the center of the picture, the Virgin Mary with the baby in her arms is clearly visible. The mountains in the background of the original have been transformed into the crowns of the two figures. "The precision with which the lines of the two figures are drawn suggests that this cannot be a simple coincidence," Slavisa insists, "but I really can't explain how Leonardo da Vinci managed to do this at a time when the technical conditions were not so advanced. "

Slavisa also revealed to the media, after the discovery of this secret, he was in da Vinci's other paintings such as the Mona Lisa and Self-Portrait on the same experiment, the results were surprisingly similar to his discovery of the Last Supper, there are hidden patterns in the picture, only that the latter's image is more clear. According to Slavisa, this suggests that Da Vinci had a preference for hiding other motifs in his paintings.

Since The Last Supper has been the subject of much study and debate among Da Vinci enthusiasts around the world, this discovery has reignited the debate about the painting's hidden meaning. Many of you may recall that American author Dan Brown, in his best-selling suspense thriller "The Da Vinci Code", made a bold speculation about the painting. That's why the Italian media coincidentally called Slavisa's discovery the new "Da Vinci Code". But Slavisa claims that although he has read Dan Brown's book, he is not an avid fan. It was only at the strong suggestion of a friend who was an art researcher that he decided to publicize his discovery.

But Vittorio Sgarbi, Milan's director of culture and a renowned art critic, doesn't share Slavisa's view. He said, "Although the whole story is not clear, I don't think it's tenable. It is well known that the Last Supper is a classic evangelical portrait, and there can be no other hidden motifs in the painting. Only ignorant people would add unorthodox elements to it according to their own imagination. It's just something they created out of thin air, and it has nothing to do with Da Vinci's own ideas."

Nonetheless, Slavisa's new discovery has generated a great deal of interest among Da Vinci fans everywhere, and the debate around The Last Supper has been revitalized. Art historian Flavio Caroli believes that "the reason why people are so interested in The Last Supper is not only because it is famous, but because Da Vinci in this painting contains too many ideas that we can not guess today." A historical figure of 500 years ago, whose person and works are still talked about today, the aura of mystery has not diminished at all, which is probably only a combination of scientific and artistic achievements such as da Vinci's genius masters can do.