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A Comparative Study of Paintings of the Eucharist in the Second Half of the 15th Century

Authors
Chenxi Chen1, *
1Department of Art History, Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
*Corresponding author. Email: chencx20@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
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Chenxi Chen
Available Online 31 December 2023.
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10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_7How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Leonardo da Vinci; Last Supper; Science; Renaissance
Abstract

There are two main themes in the historical representation of the subject of the Eucharist. One is the representation of the sacredness of the Eucharist and the sublimity of the figure of Jesus, and the other is the representation of the scandal and greed of Judas. In the second half of the 15th century the artists, mainly Castagno, Ghirlandaio and Perugino, returned to the medieval and earlier monogrammatic composition of the Eucharist. These artists attempted to fuse two different sacramental subjects, but their paintings have a very stilted and confusing effect. This confusion of subject matter was perfectly resolved by Leonardo da Vinci and had a profound influence on later generations. This paper will focus on a documentary analysis of the differences between the paintings of other painters of the period on the subject of the Eucharist and Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. The author will demonstrate the advancement and transcendence of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting for its time by examining the scientific method he used in the Last Supper.

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Proceedings of the 2023 5th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 December 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-170-8_7
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2352-5398
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