Last Supper
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Last Supper
The purpose of this paper is to describe how Leonardo Da Vinci's painting, "The Last Supper," pertains to a High Renaissance style painting. There are many different ways to look at a painting with High Renaissance characteristics. The first thing one must do is to look at the narrative of the painting followed by the content and space. Second, figures, proportions, and colors are very important descriptive elements. Thirdly, the perspective, space, and even composition of a painting can be very helpful in showing its true power. The High Renaissance was a period in art containing an explosion of creativity and design. It was a period of exploration in many new directions such as the advancement of humanistic and scientific knowledge; the discovery of new worlds by navigating the globe; the continued growth of cities, with wealth in the hands of the merchant class and expanding national states; and an unparalleled outbursts of productivity in the arts (pg.253 book). Leonardo Da Vinci rejected the classical humanistic scholarship that prevailed in the Florence of his time in favor of firsthand investigation, observation of nature, and constant experimentation. In the process, his restless intelligence roamed the entire field of human knowledge...