Renaissance

Viewing the picture of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, we can see many lines and colors that bring a great effect to help the painting and main point stand out more. The lines that I can see very clearly are the line of the table the lines of the ceiling and walls. The line of Christ's arm bring us to draw closer to Christ himself. The colors that stand out are the Red of Christ's robe, and I really feel like the dark on the ceiling and above Christ bring great effect to the painting as well.

This specific painting doesn't have any odd designs or forms in it, but with the lines and the cemetery it still brings a line of proximity to the painting and leads us all as viewers to the meaning of the painting. Each line takes us to the center of the painting, which is where all the action is, Christ is in the middle and all the story and affects are happening within that center. As we look at the painting, none of the apostles have colors on them to stand out more then The Savior himself have.

With knowing how da Vinci paints and his meaning behind it, we can clearly see that in each and especially in this painting, he has a central meaning and wants his viewers to be lead and taken in to that meaning and have the direct feeling of what he is trying to portray. Some other paintings have you looking all over the picture and you lose the meaning of the painting. With artists during the Renaissance time the try to have one specific view of each painting.

The Renaissance was a very unique and well presented time period, especially within paintings. With the blending of math and art they really grasped the meaning within each story they tried to depict. As I look and reflex once more at the painting of The Last Supper, I notice most all of the apostles have some sort of line leading to Christ, if its their hands, eyes, head or whatever, they have something leading to Christ and that is another form of the line cemetery that the Renaissance tried to portray, and it lead us to the central most part of the painting.