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Why Is Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper So Important?

Second only to the Mona Lisa as Leonardo da Vinci's most stupendous achievement, The Last Supper (1495–98) is almost as famous for its degraded state as it is for its enduring power. With details ...
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The Last Supper was Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest masterpiece, but it took only 20 years for the painting to begin crumbling apart.

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, painted between 1495 and 1498 in the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, is one of the most iconic and studied artworks in Western history. But from the ...
The Republic

The Last Supper: Famous painting to come to life at Grace Lutheran Church

Photo provided Members of Grace Lutheran Church will present “The Living Painting - A Live Presentation of da Vinci’s The Last Supper at 6 p.m. April 12 at the church, 3201 Central Ave. The historic ...
The New York Times

An Olympics Scene Draws Scorn. Did It Really Parody ‘The Last Supper’?

Some church leaders and politicians have condemned the performance from the opening ceremony for mocking Christianity. Art historians are divided. By Yan Zhuang A performance during the Paris Olympics ...
Artnet

Art Bites: What Happened to Jesus’s Feet in Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper’?

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...
PBS

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper

In the early 1490s, Leonardo da Vinci tackled his most ambitious work yet – The Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci started The Last Supper in the early 1490s. At the time, depictions of Christ sharing his ...