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Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper

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Leonardo Da Vinci used many elements to create moods and themes in his paintings. Some of the most apparent and important ones include light and shadow. For example, in his painting “The Last Supper”, he frames Jesus in the center, in a sort of “halo” of light, a common theme in old religious paintings. This draws the eye to the main theme, Jesus Christ.

In his most famous painting, “The Mona Lisa”, Leonardo uses sfumato and charioscuro (sfumato creating a delicate haze or “smoky” looking effect, and charioscuro creating molds and forms in the painting using contrasts of light and shadow). Leonardo was one of the first masters of these two techniques that were, and still are, used so often as main components of painting. As well as these,
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