Art Analysis: The Last Supper By Leonardo Da Vinci

The artwork I choose for Renaissance was The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. This artwork has been taken from the Italian High Renaissance and it is from the scene from the bible and not forgetting its media is tempera which is famous during the Renaissance period. Why I chose this painting is because it shows linear perspective that is everything is pointing towards the head of Christ. It is also approximately symmetrical balance. It shows that it is roughly balanced on both sides. It shows the usage of warm and cool colors. This is because the usage of red and blue color for the robes of Christ and John, his favorite disciple. Overall, when people see this artwork, they would immediately know that it is from the Renaissance period because of the characteristic. Besides that, I had also chosen one of the most famous painting during the Renaissance period which is the Monalisa also by Leonardo Da Vinci. The Monalisa was painted for the Lisa Antonio Maria Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giacondo who is a rich Florentine silk merchant. In this painting, Leonardo uses the technique of “Sfumato” which is a ‘smokelike’ effect or haziness. It is also an atmospheric perspective view because you can see the background of the mountains and hills. Just like a scenery effect. As in the Renaissance period, the

This painting is from the Greek mythology. Agnolo Bronzino uses very highly saturated colors or in other words vibrant colors. The main form during Mannerism is that all figures are distorted and elongated. The figures are never well proportioned so it will look like some have long necks or even long bodies. This artwork also shows that is very compressed and it has very limited space. That’s why those days, during the Mannerism period, the more things they can cram into a painting, the better it is. The artwork is asymmetrical balance and slightly more to the