Leonardo Da Vinci's the Last Term Paper

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During this time period, artists began seriously thinking of the perspective of the work which they were creating, "he perspective focuses on the figure of Christ in the centre. The window behind his head looks like a halo. Judas is the only figure in the painting who is leaning away from Christ, and the only figure who is in shadow," (BBC, 2008). This gave the works produced a much more real feel to the observer, which essentially echoed the social feeling of the day, the "artists' emphasis on unique qualities of each human face, figure in attempt to show individual's character, personality in life-like way," (Mary Teresa McCullagh Project, 2000). This is seen in Leonardo da Vinci's most famous piece "The Last Supper." This piece utilizes a perspective which makes the onlooker feel as though they are directly in the context of the painting. Observers get the sense that they are witnessing the monumental scene of Jesus' last supper as it is happening from their front view seat across the table.All the individual saints and apostles within the piece also show their own unique expressions, which effectively portrays the real human emotion which would have been present in the real life event da Vinci modeled his most famous painting on. Another major technical element is the use of a brighter contrast within the individual pieces. Within the color spectrum of "The Last Supper," da Vinci offers up the observer luscious oranges, blues, and reds contrasted against a pale grey back setting.

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Bambach, Carmen. "Leonardo da Vici." The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2008. 27

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Mary Teresa McCullagh Project. "Distinctive Features of Renaissance Art." Worlds of the Renaissance 2000. 2000. 27 May. 2008. http://www.albertrabil.com/projects2000/marymccullagh/features.html.....

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