"Five hundred years after the artist's death, Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper has continued to inspire both believers and non-believers alike. The artwork seems to have tapped into in our collective consciousness. How so?
"One of the least explored and under-acknowledged elements of the artwork is that it was painted on a wall. Painting on walls dates back to the beginnings of man, and references the most basic predilection of the human creative spirit: the desire to populate space with imagery. To adorn an open wall with images is to activate that space in some manner. Color infuses spirit and energy into a space, while shapes and representations of humans and animals inject it with a sense of life."
In a recent commentary, writer Robert E. Gordon reflected on some of the hidden symbolism withing this painting and on how everything we see was done on purpose.
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Aleteia: Robert E. Gordon: The hidden symbolism within Leonardo's 'Last Supper' (13 APR 22)
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