Dierec Bouts, a Netherlandish painter, and Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance painter, are both known for their paintings of The Last Supper. While both versions of the last supper center around the same biblical event, the artists used techniques such as linear perspective, detail, and shapes to create different messages; one involving the whole idea of Christianity and the other narrowly focusing on biblical story and the sin involved When comparing linear perspective in the two Last Supper’s, da Vinci’s mastery of the technique plays a more pivotal role in creating his message. In Bouts’ painting, the beginning signs of linear perspective can be seen. The beams within the ceiling seem to converge towards the top of the arched doorway while the walls slant inwards also towards the doorway. While Bouts uses linear perspective to some degree, its not as refined or relied upon as seen within Da Vinci’s painting. In Leonardo’s painting, da Vinci not only gives evidence of the use of linear perspective through the checkered ceiling gradually getting smaller into the background or the walls converging in, but he gives the use of linear perspective a purpose; placing the focal point above Christ to forcing the viewer to look there. Da Vinci uses the newly refined technique to highlight his main focus of the painting, Christ, whereas Bouts seems to be attempting to figure out the uses of linear perspective. Bouts’ Last Supper contains an immense amount of background detail. The tile on the floor has mosaic crosses with alternating patterns, wooden beams characterize the ceiling, and outdoor Landscape is visible through the windows. Also, the bread is placed in the middle of the table surrounded by cups of wine. Bouts’ i... ... middle of paper ... ...ts also refrains from highlighting any one aspect in the painting, instead illuminating the action of communion. All the apostles are looking at Christ’s hands to watch him break the bread, further putting the action of Communion in the spotlight. Meantime, da Vinci’s painting is focuses on the message the story from The Bible teaches; about the sin of Judas. He sets up the painting so that Christ is at the forefront and the story behind Judas is singled out, making Judas the easiest apostle to point out. Contrary to Bouts painting, the eyes of all the apostles in da Vinci’s painting, aside from Judas, are directed towards Christ, another factor contributing to the message of how great a sin betrayal is. Works Cited Gardner, Helen, and Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History. 14th ed. Boston, MA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2013. Print.
Differences between Leonardo’s and Rubens’s paintings of The Last Supper also arise from their layout of the events. In Leonardo’s Last Supper the layout is largely horizontal. The large table is seen in the foreground of the image with all of the figures behind it. The painting is largely symmetrical with the same number of figures on either side of Jesus. There is a one-point perspective in the painting with the focal point on Jesus’ head. This layout is much different than the layout seen in Tintoretto’s Last Supper. In Tintoretto’s painting there is much less of a structured layout. The large table is diagonal and seemingly splits the image into two separate parts. There is no symmetry seen in Tintoretto’s painting. There is one-point perspective,
Kleiner, Fred, Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History, Fourteenth Edition The Middle Ages, Book B (Boston: Wadsworth, 2013), 348.
Gardner, Helen, and Richard G. Tansey. Gardner's Art through the Ages. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College, 1996. Print.
The Last Supper's initial appearances as Christian iconography conveyed two main ideas that were passed into the Gospel about the reference to the betrayal of Jesus Christ. These ideas were realized in prior portraits with images of Judas and Jesus as well. His conception of the theme was completely dominated by the idea of bringing out the announcement of the betrayal as the dramatic central theme. ("Last Supper -
The artists of the Baroque had a remarkably different style than artists of the Renaissance due to their different approach to form, space, and composition. This extreme differentiation in style resulted in a very different treatment of narrative. Perhaps this drastic stylistic difference between the Renaissance and Baroque in their treatment of form, space, and composition and how these characteristics effect the narrative of a painting cannot be seen more than in comparing Perugino’s Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter from the Early Renaissance to Caravaggio’s Conversion of St. Paul from the Baroque.Perugino was one of the greatest masters of the Early Renaissance whose style ischaracterized by the Renaissance ideals of purity, simplicity, and exceptional symmetry of composition. His approach to form in Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to St.Peter was very linear. He outlined all the figures with a black line giving them a sense of stability, permanence, and power in their environment, but restricting the figures’ sense of movement. In fact, the figures seem to not move at all, but rather are merely locked at a specific moment in time by their rigid outline. Perugino’s approach to the figures’themselves is extremely humanistic and classical. He shines light on the figures in a clear, even way, keeping with the rational and uncluttered meaning of the work. His figures are all locked in a contrapposto pose engaging in intellectual conversation with their neighbor, giving a strong sense of classical rationality. The figures are repeated over and over such as this to convey a rational response and to show the viewer clarity. Perugino’s approach to space was also very rational and simple. He organizes space along three simple planes: foreground, middle ground, and background. Christ and Saint Peter occupy the center foreground and solemn choruses of saints and citizens occupy the rest of the foreground. The middle distance is filled with miscellaneous figures, which complement the front group, emphasizing its density and order, by their scattered arrangement. Buildings from the Renaissance and triumphal arches from Roman antiquity occupy the background, reinforcing the overall classical message to the
One of many great artists from the High Renaissance was Leonardo Da Vinci. He shared the same style of painting with Michelangelo and Raphael. The art work resulted of amazing images that consisted of using both perspective and illusionism that helped give the perfect amount of detail. Leonardo used several Elements of Art as well as Principles of Art some of them included emphasis, contrast, and proportion. He also created his own painting technique in which he applied a hazy glaze over his art work called “sfumato”. Leonardo’s paintings are different from that of the Gothic Age,
A common topic of artwork throughout history has been the crucifixion of Christ. Since it is such a common topic, it makes it very easy to see how artwork changed and developed from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The painting on the left, The Crucifixion by Pietro Lorenzetti, shows the usual characteristics of a painting from the Middle Ages. The facial expressions are not varied or very in depth, Jesus and the other saints have the typical halo that is used very often, and the colors are mostly all bright, making nothing in particular stand out. The second painting, on the right, is by Caravaggio and is titled The Flagellation of Christ. There is an obvious shift from one painting to the next. Caravaggio’s piece is much more realistic.
The table placed like a long horizontal line through the whole painting, both the formatted of a stable atmosphere. Plus, the image of Jesus' calmness, majesty, and the composition of the twelve disciples on both sides of the composition, forming both static and dynamic. At the same time, the table put against the audiences while adopted a completely open art approach, so that audiences could to be immersive. Leonardo da Vinci combined thirteen characters with full expression of both different and closely
Leonardo da Vinci used flawless subject matter, form, content, and iconography to create his painting The Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci painted his interpretation of what the Last Supper looked like through his work of art. In the center of his painting he painted Jesus Christ, the son of God, in the middle of all of his disciples. On each side of him there are an even number of six disciples sitting at a table pointing to themselves and to each other. Da Vinci painted this scene inside of a dark room with three windows, eight doors, and a beautiful outside environment. In order to paint this scene da Vinci used flawless form.
Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner’s Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective. Vol 2.13th ed. Boston: Wadsworth/ Cengage Learning, 2010.
Leonardo’s version of the Last Supper was painted El fresco depicting the scene passively without emotion. The work has the supper table horizontal across the lower third and Jesus and his twelve disciples dining behind it, before a backdrop of both man made structure and natural landscape. The artwork is un-cluttered and simple. The lighting is subtle and non-dramatic. Colour is conservative and dull this is partly due to the limited paint available and the technique and decay of fresco painting. The wor...
Art was viewed in a different sense in the fourteenth century. It had a more active role and was not just decoration, but a vital component of worship and pr...
The two paintings and artists I am going to compare and contrast are "The Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) and "The Last Supper" by Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594). Although I am not a religious person, the sight of the painting by Tintoretto amazed me for the simple fact that it is so different from "The Last Supper" I grew up with.
Perspective is based on Jesus in this painting due to his outward “radiant glow of divine light” (1) extending to the other people in the painting. The main focus is on Jesus and the rest of the figures are diffused in an outward fashion from Jesus himself. The artist himself expresses an emphasis on individualism by implementing himself within the painting by appearing “twice in the Last Judgement: in the flayed skin which Saint Bartholomew is carrying in his left hand, and the figure… who is looking encouragingly at those rising from their graves” (2). This is an action that only a Renaissance painter would do, which is displaying individuality through a self-portrait because of the possibility of being judged for selfishness. Light and shadowing is prominent within the art which is shown in the painting when the lighter, more brighter colors are focused in the middle and then fade into darker tones while moving outward into the
In this painting da Vinci places Christ at the center of the table with his Apostles surrounding him in four groups of three unified by postu...