The Last Supper by Leonardo, the grandiose work of Leonardo

The Last Supper by Vinciano: a revolution in fifteenth-century painting

Leonardo da Vinci‘s most famous work in the world, the pride of many of our professional guides, is a true revolution in art history. Faced with the smarmy gaze of modern man, Leonardo’s work does not always succeed in imposing itself in all its revolutionary magnificence. And the aim of our guided tour of the Last Supper is precisely to look at the great Da Vinci masterpiece of the late 15th century through the eyes of a man of the time, while retracing the discoveries of the restoration carried out in the last two decades of the last century.

A few secrets behind the Upper Room

What were the real meanings Leonardo intended for the work? To answer these questions, our guides will help you decipher the Gospel scene depicted, perhaps the most famous: theLast Supper, precisely, captured at the exact moment when Jesus shocked his disciples by announcing that among them someone would betray him. In an overall view, the setting of the entire scene faithfully follows the narrative of John’s Gospel. But Leonardo da Vinci ‘s genius lies in the intimacy and emotion conveyed to the viewer, within compositional frameworks played on the skillful use of the science of perspective. During our guided tour of the Last Supper you will understand how every stroke, every detail, every brushstroke, every expression and gesture of the figures depicted tells of those “motions of the soul” of which Leonardo became the first inventor. And the Last Supper is sublimated from a perfect painting to an emotional narrative.