The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci (article) | Khan Academy (2024)

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• kylarochelle3

  9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to kylarochelle3's post “Who wrote this article, o...”

  Who wrote this article, or how would I cite it? Thanks!

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  • Pip

    9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Pip's post “This essay was written by...”

    

    This essay was written by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

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• aidan

  8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to aidan's post “Was the painting directly...”

  Was the painting directly targeted or did one of the bombs just happen to hit it?

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  • Leslie Browning

    8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Leslie Browning's post “From everything I've read...”

    From everything I've read, the church nor the painting were targeted. However, the multitude of bombings and one somewhat direct hit on the convent complex increased the amount of paint flaking off, etc.

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• rachel.perez009

  5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to rachel.perez009's post “what are the three types ...”

  what are the three types on criticism on this painting?

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  • David Alexander

    5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Here are three of mine:1...”

    Here are three of mine:
    1) I don't think that anyone would have a meal with so many people all sitting on just one side of the table.
    2) I think all of those guys standing should sit down.
    3) At the time of the events portrayed in the painting, people in that part of the world didn't sit on chairs when eating anyway. They sat or reclined on the floor.
    That's three.

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• Carly M.

  6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Carly M.'s post “Do you know the date this...”

  Do you know the date this was last modified? for citing purposes.

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  • David Alexander

    6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Cite this page as: Dr. St...”

    Cite this page as: Dr. Steven Zucker, Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Naraelle Hohensee, "Leonardo,Last Supper," in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed March 23, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/leonardo-last-supper/.

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• Josh Wood

  8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Josh Wood's post “In depth. Awesome work Kh...”

  In depth. Awesome work Khan

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• eyu22

  8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to eyu22's post “Awesome I am working on a...”

  Awesome I am working on a project for school about Da Vinci and this helped on his artworks

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• 1541860

  7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to 1541860's post “this is wonderful i am a ...”

  this is wonderful i am a christian and this gave me enough info. This helped me with my project who do i give credit to?

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  • kendra

    7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to kendra's post “This was written by Dr. B...”

    This was written by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
    Hope this helps!

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• maparedes

  8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to maparedes's post “How did Leonardo Da Vinci...”

  How did Leonardo Da Vinci drew the painting of "The Last Supper" if he wasn't there during the supper

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  • Robert James Battam

    6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Robert James Battam's post “Like many paintings of hi...”

    Like many paintings of historical events, the illustrator wasn't there to witness it, nor were the people that wrote the story. Nor do we know in this case, if this supper actually occurred. It is a story passed down through generations via biblical texts.

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• Patricia Whitehead

  7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Patricia Whitehead's post “How is it that every one ...”

  How is it that every one thinks the person listed in the picture on Jesus right is John? That person is clearly Female!

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  • David Alexander

    7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Well, Patricia, it can't ...”

    Well, Patricia, it can't be everyone, because YOU are someone, and you don't think so. Since Leonardo didn't leave a seating chart with names, people have attempted on their own to figure out which figure depicts which historical personage. Since John

    21:20

    says that someone was leaning on Jesus' breast at the supper, and specious connections between that person, the author of the gospel, and someone named John have been made, the connection, though unsupported by hard evidence, has stood. Maybe Leonardo just painted that figure as effeminate. After all, this is an artist's rendering, not a photograph.

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• purpdrank999

  5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to purpdrank999's post “I don't get how they pain...”

  I don't get how they painted this in 1498 if JC died in 30. smh

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  • drszucker

    5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to drszucker's post “This fresco is not a phot...”

    From the author:This fresco is not a photograph. Paintings are works of representation and imagination and are not necessarily contemporaneous documents.

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