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How Is Da Vinci's Death Portrayed In 'The Last Supper'?

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Another of Da Vinci’s works The Last Supper comes in a close second to his Mona Lisa. Its fame was further boosted when it found itself at the center of Dan Brown’s novel, and subsequent film, The Da Vinci Code. Da Vinci completed a difficult composition here with its long table and placement of 13 characters into the painting’s narrative. The Last Supper depicts the moment when Jesus tells his disciples that one of them will betray him. Capturing the intrigue and desperate desire to know who it will be, the apostles engage in conversation and speculation. Judas is seated on the left-hand side of the painting, in a blue robe. Christ shares the bread as his body and the wine as his blood, the holy sacraments still taken today during Communion
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