Question

Describe the moment captured in Leonardo’s Last Supper painting, and discuss the reasons why disciples are shown on the same side of the table. Describe the most well-known techniques that Leonardo used to give more realism to the painting. Next, discuss one (1) of Leonardo’s inventions (or proposed inventions) that most fascinates or surprises you, and explain why. Compare Leonardo to some modern figure of the 20th or 21st century.

Answer 1

The moment captured in Leonardo’s Last Supper painting is the moment of betrayal by the disciples. It is the time when Jesus informs his disciples that he is going to be betrayed by one of the disciples. The reason of why the disciples are shown on the same side of the table is so that those people who see the painting can see the faces of the disciples. His technique of giving more realism to the painting was of giving different reactions, facial expressions to the disciples. This makes the painting look very real. The invention of Leonardo fascinates me is the most is the famous Mona Lisa painting because of her smile and all the interpretations it has, like Da Vinci’s attraction to his dear mother. Steve Jobs like Leonardo was good at getting cool technologies from the lab fast into the hands of the consumers, by wrapped it in shiny plastic and Aluminium that led to the Apple products garner admiring glances like the paintings of Leonardo (Stamper, 2011).