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Leonardo and the Last supper

Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is considered by many to be one of the greatest of works of art in history. Here, Ross King cuts through some of the myths that surround the masterpiece while creating a vivid portrait shows how, even through challenging times and personal doubt, da Vinci was able to create one is his most iconic pieces.

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  • "Ross King tells the story of the creation of the Last Supper: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used; and the personalities involved."
  • "Tells the complete story of the creation of The Last Supper mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used; and the numerous personalities involved--everyone from the Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work."
  • "PLAYAWAY. Milan, 1496. 44-year-old Leonardo da Vinci has a reputation for failing to complete commissions. He is in a state of professional uncertainty and financial difficulty. He has been painting murals in both the Sforza Castle in Milan and the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The latter project will become the Last Supper, which for more than five centuries has been an artistic, religious and cultural icon. The art historian Kenneth Clark has called it 'the keystone of European art', and for a century after its creation it was regarded as nothing less than a miraculous image."
  • "Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is considered by many to be one of the greatest of works of art in history. Here, Ross King cuts through some of the myths that surround the masterpiece while creating a vivid portrait shows how, even through challenging times and personal doubt, da Vinci was able to create one is his most iconic pieces."@en
  • "The story of the creation of one of history's most influential artworks describes the political and religious turmoil that influenced the painting's evolution and the personal beliefs that shaped da Vinci's symbolic choices."@en
  • "Milan, 1496 and 44-year-old Leonardo da Vinci is in a state of professional uncertainty and financial difficulty. For eighteen months he has been painting murals in both the Sforza Castle in Milan and the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The latter project will become the Last Supper, a complex mural that took three years to complete on a surface 15 feet high by 20 feet wide. He had never attempted a painting so big, and had no experience with fresco. For more than five centuries the Last Supper has been an artistic, religious and cultural icon. Art historian Kenneth Clark called it 'the keystone of European art'. Yet this artistic masterpiece was created against the backdrop of momentous events both in Milan and in the life of Leonardo himself. In Leonardo and the Last Supper, Ross King tells the story of this creation of this mural: a 'biography' of one of the most famous works of art ever painted."@en

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  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"

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