Great Art Explained: The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

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Milan, 1494: Leonardo da Vinci was an exceptional man, and everyone who met him described him as a genius. And yet, he was now 42 years old – a middle-aged man in an era when life expectancy was 40 - And he still hadn’t produced anything that would be considered a masterpiece by his contemporaries. Many of his works were unfinished or in private collections, there were no great public works that people could see, no architectural marvels and no distinguished altarpieces for cathedrals.
Nothing that could be considered worthy of his potential.

Then, he was asked to paint a wall.

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CREDITS
Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88)

Recording by Robert Lewis
Research Assistant: Jake Phillips

VIDEOS
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MUSIC
Hildegard of Bingen: De Spiritu Sancto

BOOKS
Leonardo and the Last Supper
by Ross King (Excellent)
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Biography by Walter Isaacson (brilliant)
Leonardo by Frank Zöllner
Leonardo da Vinci: Biography, Art Work and Inventions by Tom Brown

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