History Art / TheLastSupper

* OneWingedMichelangelo: The creation of the fresco is depicted in volume 3. The series focuses on the rivalry between Leonardo and the title character, and as Michelangelo witnesses and responds to Leonardo's painting here, Leonardo does the same with "Miche"'s ''Pieta''.

''The Last Supper'' is a 1498 UsefulNotes/{{Ital|y}}ian [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Renaissance]] {{painting|s}} by Creator/LeonardoDaVinci depicting one of the most famous scenes from Literature/TheFourGospels: the dinner [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]] had with his followers before being betrayed and killed. Currently held in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, the painting depicts Jesus in the center of the table reaching for bread to bless while surrounded by his twelve disciples, who are all in shock upon learning that one among them is a traitor.

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: [[http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/supper.html Allegedly]], Leonardo based the face of Judas off of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Savonarola Savonarola]], a prominent Florentine preacher at the time.

* RaceLift: Although his appearance is never explicitly described in scripture, it can be assumed from his birthplace that Jesus would be a ethnically Middle Eastern man. Leonardo paints him as a white man with long, brown hair and a beard, looking more like someone you'd meet in Florence than in Nazareth.

* SocialSemiCircle: [[RunningGag Did we mention that]} Jesus and the Apostles are all sitting on the same side of the table so their faces are all visible to the audience?

* SocialSemiCircle: [[RunningGag Did we mention that Jesus and the Apostles are all sitting on the same side of the table so their faces are all visible the audience]]?

* UrbanLegend:
** A widely-circulated bit of {{Glurge}} [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-last-supper/ tells the story]] that the same man posed as the model for Jesus and, some 10 or 25 years later after [[FaceHeelTurn living a life of dissolution]], for Judas. Of course, this is completely bogus; for one thing, Leonardo certainly didn't take ten whole years to finish the painting.
** The supposed [[ConspiracyPlacement secret symbols in the painting]] as popularized in ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' are regarded as purely fanciful by art historians.

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Thomas is pointing his index finger straight upward while staring directly at Jesus, as if to ask why {{God}} would destine one of the Apostles to be a traitor. This aspect of the painting is briefly discussed five minutes into [[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/v/leonardo-da-vinci-last-supper-1495-98 this video]].
-->'''Dr. Steven Zucker:''' There's that incredible grouping of Thomas pointing upward.\\
'''Dr. Beth Harris:''' As if to say, is this something that is ordained by God? Is this God's plan, that one of us should betray you?

* GeodesicCast: The twelve apostles are separated into four groups of three, who all respond differently to Christ's announcement.

''The Last Supper'' is a 1498 UsefulNotes/{{Ital|y}}ian [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Renaissance]] painting by Creator/LeonardoDaVinci depicting one of the most famous scenes from Literature/TheFourGospels: the dinner [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]] had with his followers before being betrayed and killed. Currently held in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, the painting depicts Jesus in the center of the table reaching for bread to bless while surrounded by his twelve disciples, who are all in shock upon learning that one among them is a traitor.

''The Last Supper'' is a 1498 painting by Creator/LeonardoDaVinci depicting one of the most famous scenes from Literature/TheFourGospels: the dinner [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]] had with his followers before being betrayed and killed. Currently held in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, the painting depicts Jesus in the center of the table reaching for bread to bless while surrounded by his twelve disciples, who are all in shock upon learning that one among them is a traitor.

%%Zero Context Examples are not allowed on the Wiki, and any such examples will be commented out. Repeated creation of zero context examples may result in suspension or death by firing squad.

[[caption-width-right:350:[-''"Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me."''-]]]

!''The Last Supper'' contains examples of:

-->'''Dr. Steven Zucker''': There's that incredible grouping of Thomas pointing upward.
-->'''Dr. Beth Harris''': As if to say, is this something that is ordained by God? Is this God's plan, that one of us should betray you?

** The supposed [[ConspiracyPlacement secret symbols in the painting]] as popularized in ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' are regarded as purely fanciful by art historians.

** Giampietrino's 1520 [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Giampietrino-Last-Supper-ca-1520.jpg copy]] of ''The Last Supper'', regarded as one of the best preserved records of how the painting originally looked and used as a resource for the 1978-98 restoration, does give the Apostles halos (except for Judas). This may have been artistic license by Giampietrino in producing the copy, or it may indicate that the Apostles in Leonardo's painting originally had halos, but they have been lost in subsequent restorations.

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: It would make a lot more sense to have the Apostles sitting on opposite sides of the table, but it's for the best Leonardo Da Vinci didn't dedicate his talents to a painting of six peoples' backs covering up what is either Jesus or an Italian hobo.

* AllThereInTheManual: The only way to know without a doubt who is who in the painting is to look at Leonardo Da Vinci's notes that specified the names of each individual in the painting.

* {{Prequel}}: Leonardo Da Vinci was tasked with painting something opposite to a depiction of ''The Crucifixion''. Knowing that, it's no surprise Leonardo painted ''The Last Supper'', where Christ announced his sacrifice through bread and wine.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultima_cena___da_vinci_5.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[-''“Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”''-]]]

* MonumentalDamage: For such a world-famous painting, it's suffered an astonishing amount of abuse over the centuries. With the combination of the unconventional painting techniques Leonardo used (making it less stable than a regular fresco) and severe environmental damage (including vandalism during the UsefulNotes/FrenchRevolution, bombing during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, multiple bungling "restoration" attempts, and some bozo ''cutting a door through Jesus' feet''), it's a wonder the painting has survived at all. The Other Wiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo_da_Vinci)#Damage_and_restorations the gory details]].

* RaceLift: Although his appearance is never explicitly described in scripture, it can be assumed from his birthplace that Jesus would be a ethnically Middle Eastern man. Leonardo paints him as a white man with long, brown hair and a beard, looking more like someone you'd meet in Florence than in Nazarus.

* MonumentalDamage: For such a famous painting, it's suffered an astonishing amount of abuse over the centuries. With the combination of the unconventional painting techniques Leonardo used (making it less stable than a regular fresco) and severe environmental damage (including vandalism during the UsefulNotes/FrenchRevolution, bombing during WorldWarTwo, bungling "restoration" attempts, and some bozo ''cutting a door through Jesus' feet''), it's a wonder the painting has survived at all. The Other Wiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo_da_Vinci)#Damage_and_restorations the gory details]].

* TooMuchInformation: Andrew, the fourth apostle to the right of Jesus, is seen holding up his hands as if to stop Jesus from saying anything else so disturbing.

''The Last Supper'' is a painting by Creator/LeonardoDaVinci depicting one of the most famous scenes from Literature/TheFourGospels: the dinner [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]] had with his followers before being betrayed and killed. Currently held in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, the painting depicts Jesus in the center of the table reaching for bread to bless while surrounded by his twelve disciples, who are all in shock upon learning that one among them is a traitor.

* RaceLift: Although his appearance is never explicitly described in scripture, it can be assumed from his birthplace that Jesus would be a ethnically Middle Eastern man. Leonardo paints him as a white man with long, brown hair and a beard, looking more like someone you'd meet in Vinci than in Nazarus.

* {{Prequel}}: A painting of ''The Crucifixion'' adorned one Church wall, so what better to cover the other wall than the episode where Christ announces his sacrifice with bread and wine?

Although not named in the painting itself, the individuals in the painting are (from left to right) Bartholomew, James the Lesser, Andrew, Judas, Peter, John, Jesus, Thomas, James the Greater, Philip, Matthew, Thaddeus, and Simon.

* OrderVersusChaos: Visually represented with the food around Jesus, as discussed in [[https://www.walksofitaly.com/blog/milan/facts-about-da-vincis-last-supper this blog]]. The food to Jesus's side (and thus closer to his emotional, human Apostles) has fallen over, while the food directly in front of him is in order and reflects Christ's own serenity in the scene.